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Ear blocked
Can cough or mucus get accumulated behind the ear drum, resulting in the blocking of ear, that's what I have been told by an ent specialist and I'm taking medicine to remove these mucus and steam inhalation
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Yes it can get accumulated.
If it’s chronic then u need to get myringotomy done for it.
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Consult ENT specialist.
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It is called Glue ear or otitis media with effusion, due to common cold. If it is not resolved with medications it requires a small procedure called myringotomy and grommet insertion
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consult an ENT and get an endoscopy
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Do steam inhalation and valsalva manoeuvre
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Dr. Jaimini Thakkar
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
6 yrs exp
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yes possible. it's called as otitis media with effusion.
Take steam inhalation two three times a day.
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Dr. Mitesh Sharma
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
9 yrs exp
Jaipur
Yes it can be there .
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