History: I have been diagnosed with Eustachian Tube Dysfunction (ETD). It has been 28 days now, and my ear symptoms are feeling better than before.
Current Medicine: For this, I have been taking Monticope tablet once daily for the last 14 days.
New Symptoms (Side Effects):
I am experiencing sleep paralysis (unable to move while waking up/sleeping).
Continuous hand muscle twitching starting from last night.
Feeling severely depressed or low mood (mood off).
Since Monticope contains Montelukast, I am worried about these neuropsychiatric side effects. Since my ETD is improving, please suggest a safe alternative medicine or nasal spray to replace Monticope. Thank you.
Profound hearing loss in left ear confirmed yesterday through audiometery. Doctor started with oral steroid medication and steroid shot in ear drum.
My mother had eustachian tube dysfunction for one ear after flight travel and lasted for 2.5 months, we did valsalva exercise and steaming with not much help, and went ahead with Balloon eustachian dilation along grommet on both ears as both the ears felt clogged in few days.
Its been 2 weeks post the surgery and she still did not feel any difference in-fact the ears feels more clogged and hearing weird noise on both ears, also getting irritated to loud noise. Ears still feel full after 2 weeks.. sometimes if she speaks more the left ear feels more trapped of pressure..
Please help us, we need help!!
Symptom Description
Experiencing a recurring cold and intense sneezing fits in bursts of at least six loud sneezes at a time.
Timeline and Pattern
Duration: Ongoing for the past eight weeks.
Weekly Trend: Symptoms appear exclusively on weekends and disappear completely on workdays.
Context: A newly developed issue, despite working night shifts for the past year.
Location and Residence
Primary Residence: The village, which has significantly cleaner air quality compared to Noida.
Workplace & Commute: Works in Noida, with regular travel between the village and Noida.
Medical History & Current Medications
Epilepsy History: 17 years.
Current Medications:
Zeptol CR 400 mg – Twice daily
Lacosam 100 mg – Twice daily
Cloba 5 mg – At night
Recent Medical Action
Frequent visits and consultations at a doctor's clinic over the past two months regarding the cold/sneezing, alongside medication use.
I'm a 30Y male. About 1yr ago I had oral sex with a woman. Since then I’ve been experiencing sharp pain in my throat when I sneeze. The pain can be quite intense, around 7/10, and usually lasts for about 10–20 seconds after sneezing before settling down. I also feel like I have a mild sore or scratchy throat almost every morning after waking up, but this usually improves within 5–10 minutes.
I do not have any other symptoms. I don’t have fever, cough, breathing difficulty, mouth ulcers, swollen neck glands, weight loss, or difficulty eating or swallowing food.
I also do intense running regularly, so initially I wondered whether the symptoms could be related to exercise or throat irritation from running. I stopped running for some time specifically to see whether the throat pain would improve, but the symptoms have continued despite stopping.
I have already had a throat swab culture, which came back normal.
My main concern is whether these symptoms could still be related to the oral-sex
