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What Causes Fullness And Strong Heartbeat Sensation In The Ear?
Question: I can hear my heart beat in my left ear, and my ear feels stuffy. I am doing physical therapy for TMJ. Could this heart beat go along with TMJ?
Brief Answer:
Ear fullness
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to healthcare magic and thanks for putting up the query
Please tell me do you hear the sound every time you open the mouth or even without opening?
Do you hear a click occasionally?
Do you hear sound with every heartbeat?
Any history of nasal congestion or throat infection in the recent past?
Any hearing difficulty?
Follow up with the required information so that I can suggest you better.
Take care
Thanks and regards
Ear fullness
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to healthcare magic and thanks for putting up the query
Please tell me do you hear the sound every time you open the mouth or even without opening?
Do you hear a click occasionally?
Do you hear sound with every heartbeat?
Any history of nasal congestion or throat infection in the recent past?
Any hearing difficulty?
Follow up with the required information so that I can suggest you better.
Take care
Thanks and regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
I mainly hear the heart beat when I am quiet or lying in bed at night.
Yes, I hear a click in my jaw occasionally when I open it.
I hear the heart beat, I don't hear any other sound.
The ear that feels full, I do not hear as well.
I do have nasal drainage.
Yes, I hear a click in my jaw occasionally when I open it.
I hear the heart beat, I don't hear any other sound.
The ear that feels full, I do not hear as well.
I do have nasal drainage.
Brief Answer:
Eustachian tube blockage with tinnitus
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for the information.
You are probably suffering from Eustachian tube blockage due to nasal pathology. This is causing FullnFullness and sounds in the ear.
Please get a x-ray paranasal sinuses done and a pure tone audiometry done and send me.
Take tablet levocetrizine plus pseudoephedrine twice daily and xylometazoline nasal drops three times a day for a week.
Takesteam inhalation and chew a gum that will also help decongest the tube.
All the medicines I have prescribed will be available at prescription only.
Follow up with the reports.
Take care
Thanks and regards
Eustachian tube blockage with tinnitus
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for the information.
You are probably suffering from Eustachian tube blockage due to nasal pathology. This is causing FullnFullness and sounds in the ear.
Please get a x-ray paranasal sinuses done and a pure tone audiometry done and send me.
Take tablet levocetrizine plus pseudoephedrine twice daily and xylometazoline nasal drops three times a day for a week.
Takesteam inhalation and chew a gum that will also help decongest the tube.
All the medicines I have prescribed will be available at prescription only.
Follow up with the reports.
Take care
Thanks and regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Kampana
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