For a long time I have been suffering with ear pain and headaches, it sounds so trivial but it can sometimes have quite an impact on my day and it’s only getting worse.
I first went to my doctor about 3 months ago thinking I had an ear infection. I had pain in one ear and it felt very full. I was told I didn’t have an infection and I just brushed it off as a virus of some sort.
Unfortunately, it’s only getting worse. The pain comes and goes but there hasn’t been a day in many months where I haven’t had to take painkillers. Paracetamol/ibuprofen used to work quite well but now even cocodamol doesn’t completely take away the pain. It starts in my left ear and then not long after the headache starts, always on the left side. My ear feels very full, a bit like when you have water in your ear, I think it’s affecting my hearing too.
I have been back to see my GP twice and I accept that I don’t have an infection but he has been really dismissive. Does anyone have any idea what this can be and how the hell do I get my GP
to take me seriously? I just really think I need a referral to ENT.