Is it normal to have stuffy ears? My ears are stuffy all the time

There are symptoms of congestion in one ear, and there are a variety of possible triggers. Common causes include cerumen or foreign body blockage in the external auditory canal, various benign and malignant new organisms in the external auditory canal or middle ear, tympanic membrane perforation caused by inflammation or trauma, secretory otitis media, chronic purulent otitis media, and microcirculatory disorders in the inner ear caused by various factors, sudden deafness, etc., may lead to the symptoms of ear congestion.

Therefore, if the patient has this symptom, it is necessary to go to the hospital for a detailed specialist examination to clarify**. For common cerumen or foreign bodies in the ear canal, they can be removed directly; For secretory otitis media, nasal spray and corresponding oral medications** can be used, and further puncture is required if necessary**; For patients with sudden deafness, timely and effective treatment is required. There are several situations to consider when your ears are stuffy:

Clause. 1. There is a cerumen plug in the ear. Due to the presence of cerumen glands in the normal human ear canal, they secrete glandular fluid, some of which are dry, and some of which are neutral or oily.

Oily cerumen is easy to clump and block in the ear canal, when blocked in the ear canal, it is manifested as ear stuffiness, at this time should be seen in the otolaryngology, give sodium bicarbonate ear drops soaking, soak the cerumen into sediment, rinse with normal saline, clean the ear canal, and the symptoms of ear stuffiness can be relieved.

Clause. 2. Consider having secretory otitis media. Due to upper respiratory tract infection, bacteria and viruses are likely to retrograde infection along the Eustachian tube into the middle ear, forming secretory otitis media, which is manifested as ear stuffiness, hearing loss, tinnitus and even ear pain.

The most common cause of unilateral ear stuffiness is the abnormal function of the Eustachian tube at the Eustachian tube, the only exit of the middle ear cavity, due to inflammation of the nasopharynx or other mechanical blockage, which is more common in acute rhinitis, sinusitis, and slow.

According to the symptoms you described, the patient has unilateral ear tightness and discomfort, and the external auditory canal is red and swollen, and combined with your examination data, the binaural pure tone audiometry examination is normal, and the acoustic conductance test is normal. Therefore, if you have ear stuffiness, the preliminary analysis may be caused by redness and swelling of the external ear canal, which can be observed by dropping ofloxacin ear drops in the ear canal. Your condition may be an inflammation of your middle ear.

The most common symptoms of otitis media are a feeling of fullness or blockage in the ear, hearing loss and tinnitus.

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Antibiotics can be used in aqueous solution or a mixture of antibiotics and steroid hormones, such as chloramphenicol solution, chloramphenicol cortisone solution, ofloxacin ear drops, etc. Large perforation of the tympanic membrane affects hearing, and tympanic membrane repair or tympanoplasty may be done about 2 months after dry ear. The most common cause of unilateral ear stuffiness is the Eustachian tube pharyngeal opening, the only exit of the middle ear cavity, due to inflammation of the nasopharynx or other mechanical blockage, and the Eustachian tube function is abnormal, which is more common in acute rhinitis, sinusitis, chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps and adenoid hypertrophy, etc., or ear stuffiness caused by blocking the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube.

If you have symptoms of chronic otitis media that often recur, and if the eardrum is not perforated, it will cause a feeling of stuffiness in one ear, so it is necessary to improve the nasal ventilation and relieve the symptoms of Eustachian tube pharyngeal obstruction, and the ear stuffiness will be relieved.

The ear is divided into three parts: the inner ear, the middle ear, and the outer ear, and the middle ear communicates with the nasopharynx through the eustachian tube, which can regulate the pressure in the ear to maintain a balance with the atmospheric pressure.

Upper respiratory tract infection and nasopharyngeal inflammation, such as rhinitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, etc., can affect the eustachian tube, causing poor ventilation and drainage of the eustachian tube, so that the air in the middle ear cavity is gradually absorbed by the mucosa, and the external gas can not enter the tympanic cavity in time, and negative pressure is formed in the tympanic cavity, and the affected ear will have symptoms such as obstruction and stuffiness. If the ventilation and drainage of the eustachian tube are not smooth for a long time, it can cause vasodilation and blood stasis of the middle ear mucosa, coupled with the dysfunction of the eustachian tube can not be discharged in time, and secretory otitis media can be formed in the tympanic chamber.

In addition, cerumen embolism, tympanic membrane inversion, etc. can also cause the above symptoms, and it is recommended to go to the otolaryngology department for further examination to clarify the cause in time**.

Mild Eustachian tube hypoventilation can be done with the following methods**

1. Improve middle ear ventilation

Keep the nasal cavity and eustachian tube unobstructed, if there is no acute upper respiratory tract inflammation, you can use the nasal pinch and mouth puffing method or pressing the external auditory canal with both hands and then quickly relaxing, so that the high and low pressure in the external auditory canal can alternately appear, and improve the ventilation of the eustachian tube.

2. Press the tragus frequently to improve the blood circulation in the ear. When rhinitis is present, ephedrine solution should be used as soon as possible to eliminate nasal mucosal inflammation and edema to relieve nasal congestion, restore the ventilation function of the Eustachian tube, and allow fresh air to enter the middle ear.

Precautions 1. Actively ** acute and chronic nasopharyngeal diseases to prevent germs from entering the middle ear and causing inflammation.

2. Do not blow your nose and rinse your nose casually, you can't close both nostrils at the same time, you should cross the nose and blow your nose unilaterally.

3. Removal**: After upper respiratory tract infection, antibiotics should be used as soon as possible ** and adjacent lesions such as sinusitis, tonsillitis, etc., should be removed to prevent inflammation from spreading to the eustachian tube.

Ear stuffiness is generally caused by inflammation, go to Chengdu Minsheng ear, nose and throat examination to see, avoid stuttering light, pay attention to rest, this recovery is very fast, relax the mind, it's fine.

Answer: Ear stuffiness and blockage are often related to chronic catarrhal otopharyngeitis and chronic catarrhal otitis media caused by rhinitis, and can also be related to the inflammation of the middle ear cavity itself.

Hello, in this case, if the ears are stuffy, then in general, it may be due to problems with the Eustachian tube, otitis media or sunken eardrum, etc., which are prone to similar problems.

Hello, your stuffiness in your ears can be due to otitis media, which may have something to do with factors such as bacterial infections.

This should be done in time to the otolaryngology department for examination, anti-infective drugs**, and cephalosporins** can be selected.

A buzzing sensation in the ear may be an inverted eardrum or otitis media. It is recommended that you see an ENT doctor promptly.

I had a cold not long ago, my right ear was a little stuffy, I felt blocked, I took medicine for nearly a month in the community outpatient clinic, and the effect was very small, and my ears were fine when I was lying down, but I stood up and was stuffy, and then I went to Chengdu Minsheng Otolaryngology Specialist. After the treatment was done at the hospital, it was finally healed, and now it was relaxed.

This is a symptom of invaginated eardrum, due to inflammation caused by invagination of the eardrum leads to an increase in negative pressure in the ear and a weakening of periosteal vibration, resulting in a feeling of stuffiness, you can go to Wuhan Minsheng Eye Otolaryngology Hospital to find Wang Huili expert for treatment, call 027 and 8278 and 8620, just connect the numbers.