Hello - I am probably writing to this group too soon, and should
probably read more first.  But I have had such a sudden onset of
tinnitus that I am worried about wasting any more time following the
advice of doctors who don't know anything about tinnitus.

My tinnitus appeared after visiting my doctor for an routine exam 2
months ago.  I had never had tinnitus before in my life, other than
once or twice after a loud concert.  Anyway, the doctor found wax in my
right ear, the nurse cleaned it with a syringe and a scoop-y thing, and
my ear started making a "whooshing" sound immediately.  (There was no
pain associated with this procedure.)  The doctor said that my hearing
would be different after the cleaning, so I didn't worry about it much.
But after 24 hours, it had progressed to a constant ringing and
occassional pulsing.  It hasn't stopped ringing since that time.

Since then, I have had 2 audiograms (which indicated hearing loss in my
right ear) and an MRI (which indicated no tumors).

Has anyone ever heard of tinnitus being caused by ear cleaning?  My ENT
says that if I had tinnitus, it should have gotten better after the
cleaning, not worse.  But I didn't have tinnitus before the cleaning.

Who are the best doctors that deal with this sort of thing?  Where else
can I go for help?

Thanks for any advice that you can give.

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It looks like your doctorS are what I have described doctors to be in
my previous posts.

OK>.I suggest you go and talk to another doctor about applying blood
vessel dilating medicine right away.  YOu can go and check my previous
posts on this subject.

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I got tinnitus after a simple tooth extraction. But it took me years
to find out that the actual cause was the muscke tension that had been
set up in the dentist chair in my neck and shoulder muscles.

Think back to how you felt while the ear cleaning procedure was done.
Did you feel uncomfortable and/or apprehensive?

My experience is here: http://eebee.net/theory.shtml
Lots of other information as wel.

Elly's Tinnitus Resources
http://eebee.net/


"Sunny" <sunnyelse@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hello - I am probably writing to this group too soon, and should
>probably read more first.  But I have had such a sudden onset of
>tinnitus that I am worried about wasting any more time following the
>advice of doctors who don't know anything about tinnitus.
>
>My tinnitus appeared after visiting my doctor for an routine exam 2
>months ago.  I had never had tinnitus before in my life, other than
>once or twice after a loud concert.  Anyway, the doctor found wax in my
>right ear, the nurse cleaned it with a syringe and a scoop-y thing, and
>my ear started making a "whooshing" sound immediately.  (There was no
>pain associated with this procedure.)  The doctor said that my hearing
>would be different after the cleaning, so I didn't worry about it much.
> But after 24 hours, it had progressed to a constant ringing and
>occassional pulsing.  It hasn't stopped ringing since that time.
>
>Since then, I have had 2 audiograms (which indicated hearing loss in my
>right ear) and an MRI (which indicated no tumors).
>
>Has anyone ever heard of tinnitus being caused by ear cleaning?  My ENT
>says that if I had tinnitus, it should have gotten better after the
>cleaning, not worse.  But I didn't have tinnitus before the cleaning.
>
>Who are the best doctors that deal with this sort of thing?  Where else
>can I go for help?
>
>Thanks for any advice that you can give.

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Elly -

Thanks for the reply.  Actually, I wasn't nervous or tense at all..I
like my doctor and the nurse, and had no qualms about the procedure.
The water was body temperature, and nothing about the procedure hurt.
It took a couple of attempts to finally get the ear clean.  But
immediately after she was through with the irrigation, I could hear a
faint whooshing that got stronger that evening and progressed to a
ringing within 24 hours.

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Have you checked if the docs might have accidently damage your ear drum
when removing the wax? That may need a nother doc, second opinion

Best,

VB

www.tinnitusblogger.com

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"Sunny" <sunnyelse@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Elly -
>
>Thanks for the reply.  Actually, I wasn't nervous or tense at all..I
>like my doctor and the nurse, and had no qualms about the procedure.
>The water was body temperature, and nothing about the procedure hurt.
>It took a couple of attempts to finally get the ear clean.  But
>immediately after she was through with the irrigation, I could hear a
>faint whooshing that got stronger that evening and progressed to a
>ringing within 24 hours.

I thought the same about the dentist. I thought I was the dentist's
favorite patient.

Then 4 years after I got the tinnitus I really noticed my body at a
subsequent dental visit. My body was doing things I had never been
aware of.  http://eebee.net/dentist.shtml



Elly's Tinnitus Resources
http://eebee.net/

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