I started with an ear infection at the beginning of December, inner and outer, resulting in a perforated ear drum.
I have been on numerous courses of antibiotics ever since. It seems to clear up for a few days and then starts itching like mad again, oozing liquid that gets darker and darker before turning black. It’s really smell too (sorry, tmi) 😷 it’s sometimes painful, sometimes just irritating but always blocks my ear so I can’t hear out of it. I’m also exhausted whenever it flares up, I mean I could sleep 20hrs a day if possible. The skin on my ear lobe become cracked, sore and bleeding too.
At one point, my face swelled up and went numb on one side. I was referred to urgent care and put on an IV at this point, which was a couple of months ago.
We then discovered it was fungal so I was given cream, etc for that.
Since then, I’ve been referred to a consultant at ENT who has suctioned my ear for a third time and given me more cream. This was 2 weeks ago and it started to leak again yesterday and is unbearably itchy.
I’m going to call the GP again tomorrow but I know they won’t override the consultant so I’m not sure what to do but it’s really getting me down now - it’s been 8 months of discomfort and exhaustion.
Sorry for the long post but does anyone have any experience of this and how did you cure it?!