The diagnosis
A woman has constant ear pressure – what does her brain have to do with it?
A woman complains of ear pressure, a nasal spray against a cold does not help. The problem comes from a completely different corner.
This text comes from the star archive and first appeared in October 2023.
At first nothing was unusual for the patient. She came to our ENT practice because she had felt pressure in the right ear for a few months. In addition, the ear was “closed” – you know the feeling of traveling on the plane or mountain hikes at a high level. It can also happen if an effusion in the middle ear has formed as a result of a cold.
We initially prescribed the patient, a woman in the forties, a decongestant nasal spray. But after a few weeks she went out again. The symptoms had not improved, on the contrary: the pressure in the ear had increased significantly, and when she snapped her nose, she heard a bubbling in her ear. She also had the impression of hearing worse in this ear than before.
Published in Stern 43/2023
Source: Stern
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