Re: Ear infection question
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Also, if it stays bad for several more days, take your ass to a Ear Nose Throat doctor, get a referral or whatever.
Don't mess around with your hearing. GP docs don't usually know much about ears.
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I was going to post the same thing. I was mis-diagnosed (sp?) with an ear infection several times by a GP before going to an ENT specialist. He took care of it in one visit.
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Well I'm not sure what "bad" is. Pain is not an issue. As far as hearing loss, someone posted here that it can last for awhile. I read on the internet that the fluid can stay trapped for some time, which I infer means the hearing loss can linger as well. I guess if there's no change by tomorrow I'll give the doc a call. If they tell me it may take a week/month, then I will SCKM. (I'll get video and arrange for payments from Diablo to my family.)
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Bad is when you have no idea what's going on in your ear because most GPs can't diagnose a damn thing when it comes to ears.
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I went like 2 weeks with not being able to hear and that ringing.
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No.
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No.
God help me.
(Strangely, posting about it repeatedly has not made it easier to take my mind off it. Huh.)
I may put in a request to change my handle to Crazy Earz.
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2 weeks? Try 13 years. All because the first doctors didn't think the ear infections meant anything significant and that tubes could fix all problems.
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