Ear trauma

[doctormike]

Yeah, there is a lot that we don't really know about internal ear sensations - for example, nobody really understands what tinnitus is. I don't doubt your symptoms, and the fact that they happened immediately after ear irrigation. I'm just saying that I don't know how to make that link between a current inner ear problem and a history of outer ear irrigation. The exam and the tympanogram just let you know that there is no perforation or pressure abnormality in the middle ear today.

I wish that I could be more helpful. If you tell me where you are writing from, I may be able to give you the name of an ear specialist in your area (I don't know anyone in Poland, if that is your current location).

 

[Rj516]

Yeah, there is a lot that we don't really know about internal ear sensations - for example, nobody really understands what tinnitus is. I don't doubt your symptoms, and the fact that they happened immediately after ear irrigation. I'm just saying that I don't know how to make that link between a current inner ear problem and a history of outer ear irrigation. The exam and the tympanogram just let you know that there is no perforation or pressure abnormality in the middle ear today.

I wish that I could be more helpful. If you tell me where you are writing from, I may be able to give you the name of an ear specialist in your area (I don't know anyone in Poland, if that is your current location).

thank you for your answer doctor mike, yeah my current location is poland otherwise i would visit you in person in new york. i think thats why microsuction is considered much safer as there is no pressure interaction with eardrum, its sad that many places in eastern europe still use this outdated rinsing method while there are much better methods, in this case i think the only thing i can do is wait desperately and never let any doctor/nurse rinse the ear again.

 

[Angelo Farina]

thank you for your answer doctor mike, yeah my current location is poland otherwise i would visit you in person in new york. i think thats why microsuction is considered much safer as there is no pressure interaction with eardrum, its sad that many places in eastern europe still use this outdated rinsing method while there are much better methods, in this case i think the only thing i can do is wait desperately and never let any doctor/nurse rinse the ear again.

Just out of curiosity: what was the reason for having your ear duct rinsed with a siringe?
In 65 years I never needed such treatment, nor I have heard of other divers needing it.
Some people develop excessive wax in their ear ducts, but this is usually removed mechanically, not hydraulically.
Did you have a specific medical condition which required such an invasive treatment?

 

[doctormike]

Just out of curiosity: what was the reason for having your ear duct rinsed with a siringe?
In 65 years I never needed such treatment, nor I have heard of other divers needing it.
Some people develop excessive wax in their ear ducts, but this is usually removed mechanically, not hydraulically.
Did you have a specific medical condition which required such an invasive treatment?

It's an extremely common way of removing earwax, primarily done by general physicians or ER docs who typically don't have the equipment or training to remove it under direct vision. Many people have this done on a regular basis because they build up obstructing earwax and removing it addresses their symptoms.

I personally don't do it for a number of reasons, but I'm an ENT doc and I always have a surgical microscope and ear tools available for this.

 

[Rj516]

Just out of curiosity: what was the reason for having your ear duct rinsed with a siringe?
In 65 years I never needed such treatment, nor I have heard of other divers needing it.
Some people develop excessive wax in their ear ducts, but this is usually removed mechanically, not hydraulically.
Did you have a specific medical condition which required such an invasive treatment?

No, it was just because of earwax as doctor mike said and it seems like its pretty common, It is usually removed mechanically if the doctor is knowledgable, unfortunately in my case doctor prefered syringing and didnt stop despite overpressure/pain. I think i can say that it was a malpractice.