Dr. Shyam Kalyan. N
Otolaryngology (E.N.T)
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Hello doctor,
Occasionally I feel I have blocked ears. But my ENT specialist checked and found the ear drums clear. So what could be the reason for the feeling of blocked ears? Kindly help.
Hello,
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Thank you for the query. I understand your concern. Occasionally our ears get blocked due to various reasons, such as physiological congestion in the eustachian tube, allergy, or mild inflammation. This occurs in everyone and is not a cause for concern. But if the fullness persists and there is any other symptom, then it could mean something significant. Do you have any other symptoms such as pain, decreased hearing, feeling of bubbles inside the ear, vertigo, nose block, snoring, or nasal discharge? Normal drums and blocked ears can occur in conditions such as serious otitis media, otitis media with effusion, sensorineural hearing loss, endolymphatic hydrops, neuroma, and schwannoma. I suggest you follow a few instructions mentioned below if you have any other symptoms, along with blocked ears. 1. Get your ears tested with investigations such as pure tone audiogram and tympanometry. 2. Get blood work done. 3. Follow up with the details of any other symptoms that you have. I hope this has helped you. Thank you.
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