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What Causes Ear Clogs With Numbness ?

I woke up the other day and my ear felt clogged and numb. Im going on 3 days of feeling this way. I have had this in the past before and it takes months before symptoms disappear. It is also throwing my equilibrium off. would like to know what is causing this and how to get rid of it
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
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HI.
The feeling of the clogged ears with numbness are definitely suggestive of an infection in the middle ear called otitis media and this is recurrent indicating that you have a problem in the sinuses or nasopharynx causing dysfunctional Eustachan tube.
All you want as a proper clinical evaluation of ENT area by an ENT Surgeon, CT scan of the sinuses and mastoids to know the extent of the basic root cause for getting a correct diagnosis and plan a proper treatment.
You may need a ventilation tube to be put into the ear drum - a gromet insertion.
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What Causes Ear Clogs With Numbness ?

HI. The feeling of the clogged ears with numbness are definitely suggestive of an infection in the middle ear called otitis media and this is recurrent indicating that you have a problem in the sinuses or nasopharynx causing dysfunctional Eustachan tube. All you want as a proper clinical evaluation of ENT area by an ENT Surgeon, CT scan of the sinuses and mastoids to know the extent of the basic root cause for getting a correct diagnosis and plan a proper treatment. You may need a ventilation tube to be put into the ear drum - a gromet insertion.