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Intense ear pain after blowing my nose since it was runny. Closing nostrils technique I think made it worse. What can I do for instant relief ?

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Hi, I am Dr. Atul Kumar Nimawat MS ENT. Causes of your problem: When you blow your nose forcefully (especially by pinching/closing the nostrils), it can push air and mucus back into the Eustachian tu ...  Read More

When I close nose blow the air I feel hot air come out in my left ear like puncher sounds and write ear feel air rushing sounds

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There may be perforation of ear drum. Pl check with specialist ...  Read More

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I recently blowed my nose too hard my ear popped . After that there is a slight pain in my ear. Could there by any damage or infection to their ear drum?. Should I get a consultation or would it resolve on its own?

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Yes, you should consult any ENT Specialist. ...  Read More

Iam on cough treatment . I was prescribed dunnose nasal drops and foracart400 synchrobreath along with Monteck LC tablets.from 1stapril 26. On Friday while blowing my nose bymistake I blowed little hard. I felt something in m year like some air being blown inside my ear. After that my hearing is reduced . Please advice some medicine or process so t

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Hello, due to forceful blowing of nose you seem to have blocked your eustachian tube ( barotrauma) ...  Read More

I gently or at least thought I gently blew my nose the left side cause it was running and annoying me but as I blew it I heard a high squeak in my left ear and when I gently checked my ear with a Kleenex it was bleeding not just fluid but actual red blood and bled for 10 minutes... now my ear has stopped bleeding but feels warm and sensitive inside

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Hi This manouver which you did might have damaged your ear drum. ...  Read More

My 5-month-old daughter is bathed daily. After every bath, my mother-in-law blows really hard into each ear to remove any water that might have entered. My baby has no pain, discharge, fever, or noticeable hearing problems, but could this practice have caused any damage to her ears so far? I am worried. I came to know blowing air into baby's ear is

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Baby's eardrum is very thin it is not safe to blow hard into ears ...  Read More

I had nose blowing And doctor prescribed many medicine Eventually alaspan cured me Can anyone helped me to know which allergy was it?

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I think it was Allergic rhinitis ...  Read More

Hi, I am having cold for last 14 days and I have hypertension. I use bisoprolol 5mg for bp. During the cold time I was blowing my nose and one time I used otrivin for nasal blockage on one nose. From next day, if I blow hard I get blood in my mucus from that nostril. I am in UK and my GP prescribed antibiotic(chlarythromicin). Is it normal or is th

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Please check your blood pressure, do BT, CT ...  Read More

A lump of tissue came out while blowing nose. There was no bleeding and no pain. Is there any reason to worry ? Is it something serious ?

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Tissue?was it a blood clot? ...  Read More

Due to cold i had blown my nose hard for the past one week blood is coming out of nose with sputum when i blow my nose today morning my right ear was numb cant hear anything and it is paining badly.plz help.

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You should consult a good ENT surgeon and treatment started as soon as possible. ...  Read More

Hi My daughters age is 6 yrs when she blow out the cough from nose some blood came also from last 2-3 days

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No need to worry can happen because of forceful coughing ...  Read More

I am feeling nose middle pain and ear popping, and ear pain when lie down , have consulted ent 5-6 , have done course of antibiotics a lots of time , due to nose pain I feel puffiness or redness in periorbital area , ear popping, no problem in hearing, audiometry and puretone audiometry, After looking CT scan PNS , doctor saying, no serious proble

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Might have something called eustachian tube dysfunction ...  Read More

One year has been passed away , I am continuously feeling ear popping and heaviness and nose pain , due to nose pain , feels also in back side of head , I have consulted at least 6-7 ENT specialist Have done CT SCAN PNS Pure tone audiometry, impedance audiometry, All test normal , CT SCAN reort I am attaching I have course of antibiotics a lot o

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Plz consult on practo for further guidance ...  Read More

Having ear pain and will visit ENT tomorrow. My husband says it is hard ear wax he can see using torch. Can i take paracetamol or any other salt as pain killer?

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Take tab zerodol p 1 tab twice daily Soliwax ear drops 2 drops 5 times a day Take it for 3 days After that visit ent for ear cleaning ...  Read More

Blocked Nose, Ear, pain in cheek bone and forehead since last 9 days . No fever right now. Pls suggest.

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Sinusitis? Tab cepodem 200 twice daily Tab zerodol sp 1 tab twice daily Steam inhalation twice daily ...  Read More

Can blowing balloon cause lungs damage??? I feel pain after blowing a balloon in my chest area , please tell

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Can cause some pain But if it is not getting releived consult a pulmonologist ...  Read More

Pain in ear like some pressure pushing inside the both ear, below ear side pain both side, blow chin pain and both chick side pain And whole head pain, From 15-20 days,

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It may be due to ear infection, take antibiotics and pain killers ...  Read More

Hello, my one-year-and-seven-month-old kid. He has a running nose and apparent ear wax, yet he refuses to let us remove it, and he complains about ear ache. Could someone kindly advise me on how to eliminate ear wax?

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Kindly consult ...  Read More

Hard immovable node behind ear from 9 months size same no pain but don't move & feels like marble under skin & attached to bone .. what it could be...

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Nothing to worry, it's not a node. If no symptoms thn relx ...  Read More

So, I had a sore throat and runny nose since yesterday evening. Though only the left nose was runny and I also felt pain in the left forehead and face. I took one wikoryl tablet which was prescribed previously by my doctor. I inhaled steam today and since then my left ear has been feeling blocked. The right ear is not much blocked, I tired blowing

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Get it examined directly by a Dr and get some required tests done as per drs advice. Online search will increase the anxiety it won't cause any relief ...  Read More

Today morning while blowing my nose I saw blood in the mucus. This has continued whole day while blowing nose. To solve my runny nose and cold I tried smelling garlic through the nostrils for 10 mins yesterday - is this due to that? Please help with what I should do to stop it? As everytime I blow my nose, my head starts paining too.

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Need to consult for the same Don't worry ...  Read More

I'm suffering from runny nose, pain in left ear, headache, body pain & fever since to days. As I am airhostess so can I fly or not and please prescribe me some medecine too.

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Connect please ...  Read More

Hard wax inside my ear and lots of pain continuesoly happening. What to do. Not able to hear from my left ear.

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You have to use wax dissolving ear drops and visit to ENT doctor for wax removal. ...  Read More

My left nostril, ear, throat and head region around the earis paining badly for last couple of months.I have consulted many doctors time to time for many years,time to time as this problem is persisting since 2007.Everytime Iam diagnosed with allergy.But now a days I have prominent symptoms like pain in left side of head, nose ear and sore throat ,

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You require a thorough examination. You may have sinusitis. You have to share all previous papers to give any conclusion. ...  Read More

Hi doctor i am feeling pain under left ear till left below jaw line while pressing pain is severe and can be felt if i move neck upside and to the left, What can be the possible reason? I am also having cold and cough also feel pain when i blow my nose.

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It can be due to otitis externa or pharyngitis or tonsillitis with lymphadenitis, for a proper diagnosis & treatment u need to have a thorough consultation online. ...  Read More

There is a hard blockage in ear. Sometimes there is a little pain too. It has been since 1year. That ear has weaker listening power

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Ear discharge ?,Go for Hearing assessment ...  Read More

I've recently caught the flu(cold). It's over a week now with the flu. I'm mostly ok. Only coughing up mucus. Today morning when i woke up my right side ear started paining. Earlier i thought it was blocked(like when sometimes during bathing water goes into the ear) so i tried blowing up (holding my nose and try to bloat). But no effect. Is this b

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Flu can cause ear infection Need more history ...  Read More

Hi, I am having pain in nose and at maxillary sinus. I was covid positive in April I was discharged from hospital on 18 th of april I started having pain on 13 th may at the nose exactly in between the eyes. I went for ct scan later on I found out that it was a sinus and doctor told me after taking some medication it will go away. But after taking

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What medications did u take Earlier Do u hav recurrent sneezing issues ? ...  Read More

There is Ear pain from longer period and I feel nose block also and there is eye swelling also. Doctor suggested to use nasal spray but nasal spray is contains steroids , which suppress immune system is it okay to use that.

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Dont worry You can use steroid spray it acts locally ...  Read More

My right side ear is paining from last two days and surrounding areas are also paining and if I try tro clean my ear through ear buds it's hurting..and now if I take a deep breath and try to blow the air out from closing the nose water comes out from my right eye I don't understand what happened and it's bothered me lot please help me...

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You may have an infection in your ear ( either a furuncle ( pimple like in your ear canal ) or infection of your ear drum ...  Read More

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