ear doctor

daveee

i finished my ow last week in portroe and have been in pain since last tuesday,with my left ear.went to my own gp and he just refered me to
the eye and ear but they only do ears mon-fri 8to5 and i cant get time off work at the moment.
has anyone else experienced pain for this lenght after diving

seadeuce

Assuming it is dive-related -

When did you first experience the pain/discomfort - on the descent or on the ascent?


Seadeuce

daveee

i didnt experiennce any pain while diving just felt like tere was still water in my ear .Pain started on tuesday,on Sunday when i got home i cleaned out my ears with a cotton bud and there was a lot of brown wax like stuff that came out of my ear thats sore now.The gp said there is a small bit of blood inside my ear.

seadeuce

There may be a slight perforation in yor eardrum, based on the spot of blood.

If so, an infection often follows.

If, since the weekend, you tried to clear your ears and heard a little pssszzzzz as in air escaping through the affected ear, then that would prove there was a tear.

It would not be wise to try clearing now. Let it heal. A few weeks and you'll be fine.

The cause of it would have been equalising a bit too late, or too forcefully. It can easily happen, but is only a temporary inconvenience where a diving career is concerned.

Best of luck,


Seadeuce

tedshredsonfire

davee as seaduce said above but get the eustachian tubes checked some peoples are narrower and therefore find it harder to equalise. there are tubular exercises you can perform if this is the case. Just dont ever ride your eardrums if you have a problem ascend to where its not a problem or abort the dive. The water will still be there tomorrow.

daveee

well lads i got sorted in the eye and ear yesterday
turned out to be exces was in my ear and had to be vacumed out(not a pleasent experience) so all sorted now.
thanks for all the replies
dave

tedshredsonfire

better you know and have it sorted