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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: JamesV6CDX on 14 July 2013, 22:50:17
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No idea what's caused this. Was eating dinner tonight when I suddenly lost all hearing in my left ear. No warning, just happened suddenly. It's a very odd feeling!
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Ear wax?
If you suffer from it I guess you would recognise it though :-\
Probably just wax but could be caused by other issues to do with sinuses (eg cold, hay fever).
If you have any balance issues or dizzy fits then get to your GP for a check up.
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any pain?
usual suspect is a blockage of the eustachian tube , stops the ear pressure equalising.... if there's an infection in there, you get fluid build up as well, which effectively means you lose everything bar very low frequency (bass) , if unbalanced (only one ear) then it sounds to you like losing all hearing in one ear...
if you've had a cold and used decongestants of any kind, it's likely the dried up mucus has formed a blockage .
see quack, and if they can't see a damn good reason, do not spend a month of antibiotics.... get yerself to the ENT specialist pronto..... do not prevaricate, or accept moany excuses about not being that serious .....
it can be many other things..... in my case it was a tumour...... which they removed pretty damn fast once ENT had spotted it.....
anything like that James, do NOT dick about, get it sorted, get it done properly, and do so right fekking now
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
Am at a and e as we speak. So far I feel disbelieved and made to feel a fraud by reception, lets see what docs say! I have literally gone stone deaf in that ear at the flick of a switch!
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
Am at a and e as we speak. So far I feel disbelieved and made to feel a fraud by reception, lets see what docs say! I have literally gone stone deaf in that ear at the flick of a switch!
Pardon?
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F--- 'em. Better safe.
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get checked out immediately, been there , done that, got the rollicking for leaving it too long, am now deaf in the right ear permanently !
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
Am at a and e as we speak. So far I feel disbelieved and made to feel a fraud by reception, lets see what docs say! I have literally gone stone deaf in that ear at the flick of a switch!
Funny how then can do that isn't it ?
Anyway, I had something similar once . . . Shortly after a Motorhead gig ::)
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My Dad let an ear infection go on too long, during Amy's recovery. He's now partially def in that same ear.
Don't mess with it. And stuff what reception say, they aren't Doctors. (Not that a Dr is much better tbh ::) )
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I've had this happen a couple of times now. Frightened the hell out of me the first time. Turned out to be ear wax. Get it checked & dont prod it!
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
Am at a and e as we speak. So far I feel disbelieved and made to feel a fraud by reception, lets see what docs say! I have literally gone stone deaf in that ear at the flick of a switch!
Go and see your GP. A&E are good at patching up emergencies. They don't have access to your personal notes and they have uncomfortable seats in the waiting room for a reason.
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I had this on the way back from France last year, so had to do some 700+ miles in proper pain (very severe ear infection in both ears), as Mrs TB wasn't insured to drive the car in France, only UK.
Usual shit, antibiotic eardrops for a fortnight, followed by syringing, followed by treating the infection properly.
Pain aside, it was bliss not to hear the constant moaning at work and home ;D
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any pain?
usual suspect is a blockage of the eustachian tube , stops the ear pressure equalising.... if there's an infection in there, you get fluid build up as well, which effectively means you lose everything bar very low frequency (bass) , if unbalanced (only one ear) then it sounds to you like losing all hearing in one ear...
if you've had a cold and used decongestants of any kind, it's likely the dried up mucus has formed a blockage .
see quack, and if they can't see a damn good reason, do not spend a month of antibiotics.... get yerself to the ENT specialist pronto..... do not prevaricate, or accept moany excuses about not being that serious .....
it can be many other things..... in my case it was a tumour...... which they removed pretty damn fast once ENT had spotted it.....
anything like that James, do NOT dick about, get it sorted, get it done properly, and do so right fekking now
+1!!!
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Where is Dr Cem? It's the only way we'll get a definitive diagnosis.
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Where is Dr Cem? It's the only way we'll get a definitive diagnosis.
;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes but what will he prescribe is the real question ;D
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Where is Dr Cem? It's the only way we'll get a definitive diagnosis.
;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes but what will he prescribe is the real question ;D
Bloody winter t.... Oh never mind. ;D
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the term as I remember is Sudden Deafness Syndrome, as far as I remember the surgeons are not sure of the cause, but I was led to believe its treatable if caught early enough ! please try to get to see the ENT dept asap!!
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Where is Dr Cem? It's the only way we'll get a definitive diagnosis.
;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes but what will he prescribe is the real question ;D
Foreskin earwarmwers? :-\
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All sorted, both ears clogged to the brim, electronic irrigation did the trick, everything is now very LOUD!!
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Good news. :y
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pleased its sorted !
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
Is it really life threatening, the poor buggers down at A+E are snowed under with stuff like this, call the doctors first thing for an emergency appointment :y
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
Am at a and e as we speak. So far I feel disbelieved and made to feel a fraud by reception, lets see what docs say! I have literally gone stone deaf in that ear at the flick of a switch!
Personally i'm not surprised. It can't be that bad if you've time to come on the forum and ask about it, maybe a call to NHS direct or whatever it's called now might have been better. A bit like dialling 999 and asking the time IMHO ::)
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Thing is Pete, the list of possible causes is long and diverse. It could be really minor, it could be M.S. it could be an ear infection. Correction, could have been! Easy being wise after the event of course.
Better safe. And having been there, out of hours, the GP will send you to A and E anyway.
It's what A+E is for. IMO. :)
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
Is it really life threatening, the poor buggers down at A+E are snowed under with stuff like this, call the doctors first thing for an emergency appointment :y
well i dunno pete, when i suffered similar, it turned out to be a golf ball sized tumour ,
whaddya think? was i going to find that on my own? or fix it with aspirin and NHS direct?
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Thing is Pete, the list of possible causes is long and diverse. It could be really minor, it could be M.S. it could be an ear infection. Correction, could have been! Easy being wise after the event of course.
Better safe. And having been there, out of hours, the GP will send you to A and E anyway.
It's what A+E is for. IMO. :)
This is the NHS's own website, I think it says it all ;)
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/Emergencyandurgentcareservices/Pages/AE.aspx
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Off to A+E with you young man. Seriously!
It might be a simple reason, but it might not.
Is it really life threatening, the poor buggers down at A+E are snowed under with stuff like this, call the doctors first thing for an emergency appointment :y
well i dunno pete, when i suffered similar, it turned out to be a golf ball sized tumour ,
whaddya think? was i going to find that on my own? or fix it with aspirin and NHS direct?
I'm glad you got it sorted Max but I bet the outcome would have been the same if you had visited the doctor the next day, infact I would hazard a guess that there are more tumours/cancer detected by a referal by a doctor than by the A+E Dept.
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Actualy, I agree with Pete.
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Thing is Pete, the list of possible causes is long and diverse. It could be really minor, it could be M.S. it could be an ear infection. Correction, could have been! Easy being wise after the event of course.
Better safe. And having been there, out of hours, the GP will send you to A and E anyway.
It's what A+E is for. IMO. :)
This is the NHS's own website, I think it says it all ;)
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/Emergencyandurgentcareservices/Pages/AE.aspx
Nope, deafness needs immediate attention. You really think you can get to see a GP the next day? I've been to the early morning free for all at the Gp. 1 out of 3 visits saw a Gp.
(For fear of moving to Political discussion)Your assuming the system works as described. It doesn't. :-X
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I had been going to the doctor complaining of hearing weirdness for 6 months... got antibiotic after antibiotic , no useful help whatsoever..... it's when I went completely deaf i said sod it and went to A&E
so No....
sudden dramatic changes like this,.... and waiting half a week for a GP's appointment, who will most likely be sodding useless anyway? and even the useful ones will give a referral that then takes 6 weeks to come thru.....
nope....
yeah, you got a bit of a rash, cough, piles, itching, the GP generally the way forward...
sudden drastic symptoms. like going blind in one eye, or deaf in an ear, or losing the feeling in an arm.....
A&E for referral onwards to appropriate specialist unit on an immediate basis.....
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I probably should add, all things being well, the first port of call really should be a GP.
But currently, things most certainly are not "as described" by the Nhs.
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piles
I don't know, I could happily have gone to A&E for the pain of those a couple of weeks ago.. :o
(I jest, of course, I made an embarrassing trip to the GP instead!)
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Simples, close down the entire NHS.
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Simples, close down the entire NHS.
Oh ffs. Now you've done it. ;D
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I think A&E should do what the fire brigade are doing. If it's a none emergency then you pay, that should sort the wheat from the chaff ::)
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Simples, close down the entire NHS.
After recent events,I could be convinced of that point of view. :-X
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I think A&E should do what the fire brigade are doing. If it's a none emergency then you pay, that should sort the wheat from the chaff ::)
+1