Ear symptoms

[Thegoatprophecy]

I have had a number of weird symptoms for over 3 weeks now: ears feeling underwater/blocked with fullness, wanting to pop, this is worse when driving; slight tinnitus, sound sensitivity, hearing seems muffled. Have also had slight nausea and a stiff neck with some small degree of ear discomfort occasionally. Google convinced me that I had damaged my ears with loud music (it started after a loud pub gig) but have just been to the doctors and she thought my hearing was OK and it was fluid behind the drums as they were dark? However there doesn't seem any reason for this. Has anyone else had this and how long did it last for? Thanks

Probably wax, do you poke things in your ear? Go to the gp.

Thanks but no wax to speak of, have been to GP but it was all a bit vague, just wondered if anyone else had had similar..

but have just been to the doctors and she thought my hearing was OK and it was fluid behind the drums as they were dark

So what did she suggest, treatment-wise? Three weeks sounds like a long time to put up with this - is she confident the symptoms will disappear?

She said if it was a Eustachian tube dysfunction type thing caused by a virus or allergy it could take months to completely go, she only suggested decongestants that sort of thing. TBH I was just relieved she thought my hearing was OK, she did the tuning fork thing... It just worries me that it was straight after the loud gig with no other obvious cause; plus it seemed worse again after a work do last week which was much noisier than expected :/

It sounds as though she was making educated guesses, rather than diagnosing. Please be careful - I have permanent tinnitus after a loud gig many years ago, and it's hell to live with at times.

I'd try to avoid noisy venues in future if I were you (despite my poor hearing and the tinnitus, I have to have my ears covered even when I go to the cinema - I find loud noise really uncomfortable now) and I'd go back to the GP and ask for a referral if it doesn't clear up soon

Thanks I will. Sorry you have had such problems. It seems wrong in this day and age of health and safety that venues are allowed to play dangerously loud music :(