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Ear ache, made worse by scuba diving
Ear ache, made worse by scuba diving
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 42-year old asked:
How can I equalize my ears for scuba diving?
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A member asked:
I was scuba diving and i equalized my ears and now I am feeling this pain. Should i dive tomorrow and what might i be experiencing?
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A 25-year old male asked:
How is it that my brother can scuba dive over 30 meters and i can't get passed 2m, my ears can't take the pressure. Is it something you get used to?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Why when I use the frenzel maneuver (i scuba dive) to clear my ears , it feels like my eyes are going to bulge out of the sockets? Is it pressure?
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A 49-year old male asked:
I m a scuba instr.methylprednisolone help with swelling in my outer ear canal from diving I flushed with warm water and am also using ciriax otic dro?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Hi, I've had an aching pain in my ear for 9 days, it started in Mexico, my ear has a kind of muffled sound. I've been diving and flying. What is this?
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A 45-year old asked:
After scuba diving on a flight back home I had aching joints and dyspnea. Why?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have had an on and off ear ache since flying across the country 2.5 days ago. It's gotten worse today, should I drop everything and see a doctor?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Yesterday whilst walking in cold and very windy weather, the strong cold wind was causing deep stabbing pains in ears worse on left. hours later it changed to ache rather than stabbing. today no pain but pressure feeling. why would wind do this?
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A 16-year old female asked:
I Had Very Painful Small Bump in My Ear So I Asked My Bestfriend To Pop It . When She Popped It Got Worse Now The Whole Side Of My Face Aches?
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A female asked:
Hi I have had a sore ear for 8 weeks now it feels like there is water in there and i can feel a pulse in it I went to the doctor about 6 weeks ago and he told me to try aqua ear I done that and it made it feel worse?
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A 38-year old male asked:
I have a jaw pain, the pain get worse when I open or when am chewing. This pain is causing a tooth ache as well. It is close to ear just on top of my left cheek. Please assist?
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A 18-year old male asked:
My left ear pops alot alot after going outside to inside and sometimes just anywhere my ears are sensitive to the cold and they hurt when cold with a dull ache this started a year ago and got worse is this normal or serious and should I see doctor?
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A 18-year old female asked about a 18-year old :
She has an ear ache, a face rash, and she has blisters in her mouth. It is slowly get worse and spreading.
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A male asked:
Why do my inner ears ache terribly when it's cold and when i'm on a plane (agonizing, tear-inducing pain)? When outside, the aching is worse when it' windy. On a plane, the ears feel like they are going to burst. It reduces me to tears. On the plane, the
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A 21-year old male asked:
I had a virus, the virus is gone now I have slight ear ache, dizziness, balance problem.Does it sound ear related or possibly MS? Sleep makes it worse
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A 23-year old female asked:
Igot a dental cleaning procedure and my head jaw neck and ear hurt.The pain gets worse when putting my head up or down?I can't open my jaw it to sore?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Why is my inner side of the mouth is sore to touch and I feel slight pain the left side of the ear. The pain in the ear get's worse if I tune in songs?
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A 45-year old male asked:
I have had a sore throat off and on the past 10 days or so. Seems to go away during day and get worse at night early am. Ears feel stuffed. ?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I have small bumps on both my ears(worse on ear w/ the helix piercing) they are small and a little paler than my skin color, itchy sore to the touch, ?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Re occurring ear infections that are worse each time, very painful and sore to touch in any ways.
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A 31-year old female asked:
Left internal ear pain in and off for a month. Can be extremely painful.worse when I turn my head. Now sore stiff neck. Ear infection?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I have a sore ear that feels blocked & have difficulty hearing out it sometimes. I wear noise cancelling earplugs & there is less earwax on the sore ear 1 than the other and it is lighter and harder. Its getting worse, I want to know how to fix it?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I've been having serious right side headache for a year now. It makes me dizzy, blurry, weak, tiredness, fainting, eyes aching and ear aching too. Please I don't know what the problem is and it's getting worse?
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A 39-year old asked:
Feeling tired face pains pressure worse when bending over muscle aches teeth ears someone said sinsus infection ?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can having a sore throat and fluid in ears cause fibromyalgia pain to feel 100 times worse. ?Back of my neck and shoulders feel beat up.
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A 25-year old female asked:
Two days ago i started having a sore throat and now it's gotten a little worse and i also have ear pain. Does anybody know what this is?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Throat has been sore for three days now, getting worse each day. Ears also itch. Hurts pretty bad to swallow or drink. How do I get rid of this?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I am asking for assistance please. I am challenged by jaw pain and ear ache, both left and and right side and its causing me a headache and pulling on the spine.Took synaleve and still in a lot of pain. The jaw pain gets worse after eating. ?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My jaw is sore on the left side, it gets worse when I chew to the point that it seems to be popping/clicking. My ear and head take turns hurting as well. All my symptoms are alliviated by me being quite and not moving my mouth. Do I need to consult.
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