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What Causes Recurring Feeling Of Pressure Behind Ear?
I m 47 years old. I was diagnosed as mastinoid infection 3years ago. Same heavy feeling behind my left ear again but not really hurts or anything. When I feeling tired and stress. It comes and goes this heavy feeling behind my ear. I can feel the different behind my ear. I already went see Doctor. but she can t feel anything behind my ear and no redness or anything inside my ear. so she think i don t need any antibiotic. I just very worrying about repeated small infection make more damage to the mastonoid It is nearly a month. If I feel getting better an healing my self.Do you think I will be ok no antibiotic to fix the heavyness. antibiotic to feel completely better d
Mon, 7 Feb 2022
Hi,
As per the history you have provided this looks to be mastoiditis again and a mild form causes only discomfort. Hence I would advise you to consult an ENT surgeon for proper endoscopic evaluation of your ENT problems. CT scan and MRI as a combo-study of mastoids ad relevant cranial nerves will help to get a proper diagnosis of mastoiditis or nerve problem or as found out.
Tests of blood for infection. Antibiotics help only for control of bacterial infection. You may need good anti-inflammatory medicines. Any additional treatment will be as per the cause found. Trigeminal or other neuralgia needs to be ruled out.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
As per the history you have provided this looks to be mastoiditis again and a mild form causes only discomfort. Hence I would advise you to consult an ENT surgeon for proper endoscopic evaluation of your ENT problems. CT scan and MRI as a combo-study of mastoids ad relevant cranial nerves will help to get a proper diagnosis of mastoiditis or nerve problem or as found out.
Tests of blood for infection. Antibiotics help only for control of bacterial infection. You may need good anti-inflammatory medicines. Any additional treatment will be as per the cause found. Trigeminal or other neuralgia needs to be ruled out.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
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