hugostrange22
Oct 16, 2014, 12:56 AM
I've generally cleaned my ears a little rough with a tissue for the most part. The other day my right ear started getting really sore, I couldn't fully hear from it for like 3 days and it had small to sometimes sharp pain. Anyway it stopped hurting after 3 or 4 days.
After that my left ear started to hurt. It became the same as the other one (I might have spread the infection by messing with my right ear and transferring it to the left?)
So the left ear is hurting and I have only partial hearing. It's sort of like I can hear 80% out of it, but my own voice is muffled really badly. It started to have clear discharge and it would come out pretty easy if I pressed on the back of my ear a little. I started draining it a few times a day because I couldn't hear well with all that fluid in my ear. The clear liquid smelled pretty bad, and I figured it was just an infection.
So fast forward, its been like 2 weeks now... and this morning I wake up, my ear completely full of clear liquid like normal. I drained it to where I could hear and then smelled this morning's liquid... and it smells 1000 times worse than the old one... I can't even describe how discussing it smells now. It still looks clear and nothing looks different about it.
I'm wondering what the hell is going on? Should I keep draining it or leave my ear water logged?
I don't have much money for a doctor... I don't know much about Cerebrospinal fluid or spine fluid leaks, do they smell bad? I don't know what to do...
Thanks for your time.
(I read somewhere that these leaks can occor more often in people with high blood pressure, because mine is usually high without my meds. But maybe I'm just getting worked up for nothing)
After that my left ear started to hurt. It became the same as the other one (I might have spread the infection by messing with my right ear and transferring it to the left?)
So the left ear is hurting and I have only partial hearing. It's sort of like I can hear 80% out of it, but my own voice is muffled really badly. It started to have clear discharge and it would come out pretty easy if I pressed on the back of my ear a little. I started draining it a few times a day because I couldn't hear well with all that fluid in my ear. The clear liquid smelled pretty bad, and I figured it was just an infection.
So fast forward, its been like 2 weeks now... and this morning I wake up, my ear completely full of clear liquid like normal. I drained it to where I could hear and then smelled this morning's liquid... and it smells 1000 times worse than the old one... I can't even describe how discussing it smells now. It still looks clear and nothing looks different about it.
I'm wondering what the hell is going on? Should I keep draining it or leave my ear water logged?
I don't have much money for a doctor... I don't know much about Cerebrospinal fluid or spine fluid leaks, do they smell bad? I don't know what to do...
Thanks for your time.
(I read somewhere that these leaks can occor more often in people with high blood pressure, because mine is usually high without my meds. But maybe I'm just getting worked up for nothing)