What Causes Shoulder Pain, Severe Headache And Loss Of Hearing In One Ear?

Posted on Mon, 23 May 2016

Question: have a friend with shoulder pain,severe headaches,recent history of infections due to complication of breast reconstruction and other unknown sources,travelled in florida recently and was admitted at stonewood methodist recently with above symptoms plus loss of hearing in one ear..did a spinal tap to relieve pressure but cannot find causation so releasing from hospital at age 62..recommendation go see an ent

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (50 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Spine disc herniation can be the reason.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Your friends symptoms are most likely caused by spine disc issue in the cervical area. This is more possible if she also has hands weakness or pain. Dizziness can be present as well.
Did she have breast cancer surgery? If so, any headache and hear loss should be considered with possible brain tumor. In such case, brain MRI should be done.
For spine diagnostic, spine MRI is also advisable.

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar