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What Does Heaviness And Clogged Sensation In Ear Suggest?
Hello I go for daily swim. Just recently two days back, my ears got clogged up with water. Since two days the area around my ears is feeling very heavy. Same the case with my head. I have a constant sensation that something is moving up and down inside my head. I think some of the water got into my head and causing these problems. Also my eyes are also feeling too much strained since two days. It might be due to any nerve related to eye inside the head clogged up with excess water.
Mon, 5 Oct 2015
Hello and welcome to HCM,
Clogging of ears with water and feeling of heaviness is no doubt due to filling of ears with water.
Normally in such a situation the water gets released spontaneously from the ears and the time duration when water is released is highly variable.
However, the water cannot enter the head or brain.
The eye pain is unlikely to be associated with water clogging in ears.
The strained feeling in eye could be due to refractive error.
I suggest you to consult an ophthalmologist for assessing the vision.
Refractive error or errors of vision can lead to disorders of vision, eye strain and eye pain.
Correction of refractive error is required in such cases.
For the water clogging, if the water is not getting released spontaneously, You may consult an ENT specialist for clinical assessment and procedure to release the clogged water.
In order to prevent similar episode in future, you should use an ear guard to prevent water from entering the ear canals.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
Clogging of ears with water and feeling of heaviness is no doubt due to filling of ears with water.
Normally in such a situation the water gets released spontaneously from the ears and the time duration when water is released is highly variable.
However, the water cannot enter the head or brain.
The eye pain is unlikely to be associated with water clogging in ears.
The strained feeling in eye could be due to refractive error.
I suggest you to consult an ophthalmologist for assessing the vision.
Refractive error or errors of vision can lead to disorders of vision, eye strain and eye pain.
Correction of refractive error is required in such cases.
For the water clogging, if the water is not getting released spontaneously, You may consult an ENT specialist for clinical assessment and procedure to release the clogged water.
In order to prevent similar episode in future, you should use an ear guard to prevent water from entering the ear canals.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
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