Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?

[taiwan_girl]

Good luck Horace and hope it gets better soon.

[Horace]

@taiwan_girl said in Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?:

Good luck Horace and hope it gets better soon.

Thanks TG.

The ENT guy today showed me a fun trick. If I plug my nose and blow, I can make air come out my ear hole. But he still couldn't find the hole, because of what is apparently a fungal infection rather than bacterial. The word he used was "angry", to describe my inner ear. Now I have to keep it dry for the next few weeks until my follow up. Didn't really get a solid idea of the prognosis, but my hearing continues to be muted. And then there's the hole.

[Mik]

Ouch. Hope it heals quickly, Horace.

[George K]

Tympanic membrane rupture will heal once the infection is cleared.

Fungus? That's new to me.

[Copper]

@Horace said in Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?:

@taiwan_girl said in Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?:

Good luck Horace and hope it gets better soon.

Thanks TG.

The ENT guy today showed me a fun trick. .

The Valsalva maneuver, if you were a pilot you would know this.

https://www.mercy.com/health-care-services/ear-nose-throat-ent/treatments/valsalva-maneuver

[George K]

Ahem....

Actually, a Valsalva maneuver is when you close your throat and bear down, like with a hard BM. It can have profound cardiovascular effects (less blood returns to the heart, so less goes out and syncope can result).

When you say "Valsalva" to a doc, that's what they usually are talking about.

In the context of ENT, it's similar, but you're allowing pressure to build in the upper airway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valsalva_maneuver

[Axtremus]

@Copper said in Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?:

@Horace said in Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?:

@taiwan_girl said in Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?:

Good luck Horace and hope it gets better soon.

Thanks TG.

The ENT guy today showed me a fun trick. .

The Valsalva maneuver, if you were a pilot you would know this.

https://www.mercy.com/health-care-services/ear-nose-throat-ent/treatments/valsalva-maneuver

I learnt that trick as a kid. An air steward taught it to me on my first ride on an airplane. But I only learn the name "Valsalva" today.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?:

Ahem....

Actually, a Valsalva maneuver is when you close your throat and bear down, like with a hard BM. It can have profound cardiovascular effects (less blood returns to the heart, so less goes out and syncope can result).

When you say "Valsalva" to a doc, that's what they usually are talking about.

In the context of ENT, it's similar, but you're allowing pressure to build in the upper airway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valsalva_maneuver

Yeah, but when you say it to a weightlifter, this is what they're thinking...

https://www.artofmanliness.com/health-fitness/fitness/how-to-breathe-when-lifting-weights/

[Horace]

Had an interesting experience with the anti fungal ear drop this morning. I massaged it in there and immediately tasted the medicine at the back of my throat, just like the antibiotic. But then several seconds later, and for the next few minutes, I got intense ear pain. Haven’t had that level of pain since I woke up from my latest quadriceps repair surgery. Definitely not how it’s supposed to feel. I’m thinking ear holes are not ok with this med. I’ll call the ENT when they’re open on Tuesday.

[Horace]

The pain was 70% worse than childbirth.

10% worse than the box in Dune the kid had to put his hand in.

[Copper]

It will make you stronger.

[George K]

@Horace said in Is there a hole from your ear to your throat?:

10% worse than the box in Dune the kid had to put his hand in.

Be grateful you didn't have a Gom Jabbar touching your neck.