My whole family is tired of listening to me complain and I even lost a friend because I can't focus on anything but this ear thing that i'm going through! My kids are even suffering. This is so unfair. going on for over 2 months now. The popping and crackling in my right ear and the feeling of fullness is driving me mad. At night the ringing has gotten better and I have a feeling is because I quit cows milk and coffee. But seriously I am tired of so many ent specialist telling me there is nothing wrong with me. Yes there is! I know my ear looks fine. No fluid, no air...i guess they meausred this was some testing they did..passed my hearing test ...a little low on my right ear ...my last diagnos was tmj and the dentist insisted the ear popping and other issues were do to this. No maybe I due clench my teeth at night but that ear popping is not from that it is a congested feeling in my ear. It is for sure coming from my ear. If it was from tmj i would hear a popping sound when I opened my mouth. I have a few mri's scheduled at the end of the month and the doctor told me he probably wont see anything on them ...um then why do it!! I dont' want to deal with this anymore. I can't. No it's not life threatening. But the pressure is bad and I'm scared to fly. I'm scared my child will drop a plate and the sound will hurt my ears. I am tired of swallowing and trying to pop my ears all damn day. I need to hear success stories. What can I do? I started yesterday with trying to pop my ears every hour by pinching my nose and blowing..although this freaks me out I am still doing it. I was told by the last ent specialist that I have to help my eustachian tube that it is a collapsed ..(this is his assumption) oh and that I may have allergies ..I do feel extra stuffy lately at nights..not to bad but a bit plugged. My daughter and son are getting over a cold so that maybe what I am going to experience soon which is making my ears pop even more!! Please help me. Please tell me success stories how you do not have this anymore but did at one point and it is gone. I am so scared that it wont go away.
Hi there,
The doctor is probably right - ETD/ear popping can be caused by TMJ dysfunction. It's not necessarily a bad thing, because once they diagnose you and figure out what to do to treat you (most of the time, you don't need any invasive treatment to get better) then you'll resolve your annoying ear symptoms. Your ear/eustachian tube is closely connected to your jaw joint so any problems with the joint can cause the ear to manifest weird pressure symptoms, like your ears feel stuffy, won't pop etc. Your doctor should be able to rule out allergies beforehand. It's actually a good thing that you're getting evaluated for TMJD. You're a step closer to getting it sorted out.
Hi there,
The doctor is probably right - ETD/ear popping can be caused by TMJ dysfunction. It's not necessarily a bad thing, because once they diagnose you and figure out what to do to treat you (most of the time, you don't need any invasive treatment to get better) then you'll resolve your annoying ear symptoms. Your ear/eustachian tube is closely connected to your jaw joint so any problems with the joint can cause the ear to manifest weird pressure symptoms, like your ears feel stuffy, won't pop etc. Your doctor should be able to rule out allergies beforehand. It's actually a good thing that you're getting evaluated for TMJD. You're a step closer to getting it sorted out.
Hi there,
The doctor is probably right - ETD/ear popping can be caused by TMJ dysfunction. It's not necessarily a bad thing, because once they diagnose you and figure out what to do to treat you (most of the time, you don't need any invasive treatment to get better) then you'll resolve your annoying ear symptoms. Your ear/eustachian tube is closely connected to your jaw joint so any problems with the joint can cause the ear to manifest weird pressure symptoms, like your ears feel stuffy, won't pop etc. Your doctor should be able to rule out allergies beforehand. It's actually a good thing that you're getting evaluated for TMJD. You're a step closer to getting it sorted out.
So all mri's are back and they found some swelling in my nasal area, my allergy tests came back positive for allergy to dust, and I do not have tmj or if i did it's gone. I wear a night guard once a week, face pain is gone. That ear popping is still there! I went to a flower healer today she says it's a device that I have thoughts from my past preventing....I stopped listening. I really think I need to try this ear popper. It's a 200 dollar machine that I need a prescription for. My ent doesn't use these and he is hesitant my ear thing will get worse. Wants to try acid reflux medicine for 2 months? Even though I don't have acid reflux that this sometimes opens tubes...the problem is i'm stil breast feeding and that medication is very srong. oh my.
Has your ENT discussed the option of putting a PE tube in your ear or doing a myringotomy? Your Eustachian tune is supposed to equalize the pressure on the inside of your body with the atmospheric pressure on the outside of your body. If this is not happening the way it should, it's called Eustachain tube dysfunction, which can cause the pressure and the popping sensation in your ear. Your ENT probably checked this with a test called tympanometry, which is basically a test to check the pressure in your ear, to see if there is any fluid behind the ear drum and to see if the eardrum is moving correctly. I would not waste your time or money on that $200 ear popping machine...in my opinion it is a huge scam to give desperate people false hope.
