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Q: Burning In Left Ear From Acid Reflux; Pressure; Cool Feeling
asked by: searcherrr on August 6th, 2006
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Burning in left ear from acid reflux; pressure; cool feeling on left side of head?

I have learned from a dr that i've been blowing my nose excessively and much harder than I should be for many years (over 10). A couple years ago I got a bad flu and could not get rid of it for weeks until I kept a log of my physical actions everyday and then studied them for patterns. Turns out when I blew my nose my left ear would experience pain worse when sick; mildly so when not sick. Some bleeding from the ear and nose from time to time during sickness. So I stopped blowing my nose & irrigated it instead and I finally started to get well. Since then my dr has said that my left eardrum wall is thinner than my right from repeated infections/scarring over the years. Sounds are more sensitive in my left ear. Odd add-in: I have acid reflux. When I reflux I experience a heartburn & burning sensation in my left ear. It is consistent every time I reflux. An mri of the head has shown normal, but I don't understand how so. I now blow my nose while holding my left ear shut which helps.
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6 days ago
today blowing my nose I forgot to hold my left ear shut (with a finger) and now I have a strange cool feeling on the left side of my head. From time to time this condition also affects my equilibrium, ability to think straight, and my vision. Rest helps, but only until the next time I have to blow my nose and is worsened if I forget to hold my left ear shut to stop escaping air/pressure. How could the mri show that everything is fine if I have all these symptoms and what do all these symptoms mean if a dr cannot find something wrong?
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Answerer from someone on another board -
doctors don't know everything. You could be a good case for study.
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well if thats true, then how do I go about getting someone to pay attention to me so I could get on with a study for this?
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