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what causes a popping noise in your throat?
A: I would like to know. I have had a popping noise in my throat for about a year now. My doctor says it''s harmless and normal since there is cartilage and bone moving in that area of the throat....
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popping in right ear
A: Try sleeping on a warm pad, on the side of the infected ear. Try what''s called valsalva''s maneuver...plug your nose, close your mouth and blow. Try drinking warm lemon juice. If your daughter is 12 or over, you could try a cough drop. thanks. have tried all above with no luck. popping now seems to be coming from deeper down in her ear. thanks for your help Please do NOT try the valsalva maneuver....it can cause bradycardia (low heart rate) and can be VERY dangerous unless done in a medical environment. You can try to alternate benadryl and sudafed to dry it up. I recently had the same problem and, while at work at the hospital, had a shot...
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what are these noises coming from my throat? whats the diff from tonsillitis,strep or mono?
A: Tonsillitis - just means inflammation of the tonsils. Could be from any cause.
Strep - Infection with Group A Streptococcus bacteria. This is a specific bacterial infection that is treated with antibiotics. If it goes untreated, complications can include heart and kidney problems.
Mono - Mononucleosis, this is an illness caused by infection with the Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV. Presentation is variable. In younger children it can be quite mild, just like a cold. It can also cause flu-like symptoms and problems with the spleen.
The only way to determine what's causing your sore throat is to see a physician. The burping noises might just be caused by mucus in your throat or...
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Ear constant popping
A: Hi Mathew,
From what you describe, it sounds as though you have eustachian tube dysfunction. Have your ears checked out by an ENT (ear, nose and throat) doctor. You may get some relief from antihistimes. Keep in mind that allergies and sinus problems both can cause the symptoms that you described. Be sure to tell whoever you see about your history with mononeucleosis.
Good luck to you,
Dr. Newman...
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what could be causing my ear to ring whenever I hear a high pitched noise?
A: There is more than one possible problem. You really will need to see a doctor, perhaps an ENT specialist. An ENT, neurologist, or even audiologist would be able to help narrow the problem down. I cannot think of any definitive diagnosis based on your symptoms, but the fact that it is getting worse is most concerning. You should probably see a doctor in the morning and tell them that your insurance will be squared away next week. If you expereince dizziness, nausea or vomiting, weakness or numbness in half your face or one arm or leg, decrease in your hearing, vision problems, or it just progressively gets worse – shoot just go to the ER. I''m an ER doctor and every once in a while we...
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Ear popping, vertigo - inner ear problem?
A: Hi, your symptoms sound just like mine 10 years ago, when I was told I had menieres syndrome. The dizziness and vertigo--a nightmare. I don''t think people who haven''t fully experienced it know how horrible the experience can be.... When I first started having problems (when I was 18), I would get episodes of dizziness and then the symptoms would totally disappear. But then starting about 8 years ago, some of the symptoms (roaring in the ear, hearing loss, balance problems) wouldn''t go away and I still have them now. I have seen about 5-6 doctors about this, including one of the best ENT docs in the country. This man pretty much told me there was nothing he could do. BUT he did say this problem tends to get better after about 3 years, which is exactly
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Tightness in head, neck and throat, etc.
A: Dear Doris,
It sounds like you are going through great pain. I hope your conditions are better as I am responding to your concern.
Having the tightness, stiffness, pain, your age at 50 and past injuries, the most common cause of your ailments might be arthritis. In Oriental medicine, there are various type of arthritis. The descriptions that you provided indicate what we term "Wind Bi" or arthritis that is all over the body like the wind traveling everywhere. X-rays of the joints may show sign of arthritis or more specifically, blood test. The condition worsen in the morning and at night time is due to the inactivity of the joints...
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My children have been fighting with sinus infections, coughing, runny nose since birth no-one No's the cause?
A: Follow these carefully : When mother Nature has provided us with such a simple and easy treatment to cure diseases and even to avoid them we all must follow the instructions given by her. These Therapies only help Nature to cure us. Let us not ignore Nature in our mad pursuit of science. THIS NATURE''S ''DO IT yourSELF'' ACUPRESSURE THERAPY ITSLEF IS A SCIENCE AND NOT A MATTER OF BELIEF. Try this Therapy sincerely and regularly for at least 15 days and observe its wonderful and amazing result. Cold and Cough : This is a very common complaint occuring either due to a change in the climate or owing to indigestion, overfeding and consuming of raw sugar. Treat all Acupressure points twice daily plus Point No. 1 to 7, 30 and 34. Give the treatment for constipation....
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Sore throat with TMJ?
A: I am kind of curious - when were you diagnosed with the LPR - of which I am not familiar with - is it similar to a hiatal hernia or esophogial spasm?) - was it before or after the crown was done. I have read other posts from members with sore throats - basically all I had and still do to a degree was a lump in my throat and difficulty swallowing - it felt sore but different than a sore throat due to a cold - more like it was dry and achey. So yes - it can be a symptom of tmj. Not everyone experiences jaw pain as is often thought and not everyone experiences problems with their tm joints as is often thought. When tmj symptoms develop due to bite issues such as malocclusion (even a high or low filling can cause that) or clenching/grinding it usually causes muscle...
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I am looking for help. I have trawled the internet since the start of the year and gone to 2 ENTS but I am getting no where. My problems started 7 months ago. After a once off rehearsal with a band (actually just me on guitar and a drummer) I had trouble hearing (the next day). Everything was muffled and not sharp. I became very worried and anxious as I didn’t understand what was happening. After about 16 or 17 days my ears ‘popped’, a day or two apart, as if I had been on a plane. I could hear again clearly in each ear.However two days before they popped a roaring tinnitus began in my right ear and has never stopped. It began very suddenly, and faded in. It sounds very like the noise you get when you yawn, a roaring , windy, airy sound very low frequencies, or like the noise you hear on a plane of the air rushing past.Over the months since the noise started, I developed soarness in my ear, and the right side of my face, as well as sinus like pain in my teeth and headaches. The pain has been getting worse and worse, and is now almost more annoying than the noise. It feels very tight in my right ear, I think the feeling is on my ear drum, like a clothes peg or something. It is there about half of the day, and becomes excruciating, and then sometimes the pain fades in to the background a little. Hot drinks and hot soup seem to help sometimes. Additionally I frequently feel like something is rattling around in my ear. If I am on a bus, or in a car, I feel a vibration like something hitting off something else, near where I imagine my eustachian tube is.Also my ear ‘pops’ all the time, not like if I have changed altitude. It is a rough crunching noise and feeling, and it is triggered by the slightest noise - such as someone speaking near me, putting a cup down, etc Just in my right ear.Finally, 3 weeks ago the hearing in my right ear went crazy - the effects seem to be that of patulous eustachain tube. I could hear my own voice like an echo, and it seemed so very loud. When I spoke I could hear static and noise, and couldn’t hear outside things normally. It felt so straange. It passed after a few hours.I have been to see two ENTs about it. The first, about two months after it started, said it was probably a virus, which had left me with this. There was nothing, he said he could do.I went to a second, last week, for a second opinion. He did a thorough exam, looked in my nose and ears. He said there was no sign of infection, and that the most likely explanation was damage to my cochlea. I asked him about the rattling feeling, which he said was probably always there, but that I was only noticing it now as I was concentrating on that area. I find this impossible to believe!My theory is something along these lines; back at the very start when my hearing was muffled, my eustachian tubes were jammed shut due to shock(I hadn’t been around music or noise in quite a while before the rehearsal), but before they released, a part of the eustachian tube, at the ear end, opened up, or the muscle was damaged, and as a result it is not closing properly anymore. This is having creating problems with pressure in my ear which is causing the pain in my ear drum, and stopping me from hearing clearly.Has anyone gone through this? Or can anyone tell me if my theory is even plausible? I feel so bad for all the people who go through serious ear problems like this, until you have experienced it you have no idea how frustrating and dehabilitating it can be.Sorry for the long post.Many thanks.Paul
A: I''m having problems very close to yours. I had no loud noise exposure though. Mine started out as a 5 day long migrain headache, which I never have migrains. It then went to 2 days of nausea which was accompanied with a very load sesonating/vibrating/roaring sound coming from my right ear. It was so overwhelming that I thought I was going to loose my mind. I went to the doctor and all they found was some minor inflamation in the middle ear. There was no fluid or infection. They gave me a steroid shot for the inflamation and sent me home. Since then the defening roaring sound has gone away but the vibrating still persist. The headache and nausea are gone as well. However, my right ear appears to be tone deaf now and certain sounds cause...
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