doctormike

In August I followed bad advice and did a sinus rinse and then blew the water back into my middle ears using the valsalva maneuver. I managed to overfill the middle ear and felt a twinge of pain lasting 3 seconds. The next day I noticed my left ear screaming, so I stupidly did the same thing...

Hope someone can shed some light on this! Here is my story – maybe an atypical inner ear barotrauma? Day 1 – I did one introductory (scuba) dive, when descended my ears felt some pain and ascended a little bit and equalize OK. Anyway, I think my valsalva maybe forceful. No abnormality (no...