adenoids...

[Guest akanalog]

anyone have adenoid problems in their adult years?

i think i am having some issues but i am still trying to figure out what my adenoids are.

well i am having ear problems but i think they stem from my adenoids.

i was having ear and throat issues a few months ago and went to the cheap clinic down the street and the resident stuck these cameras up my nose and got freaked out and asked me if i had AIDS or cancer, which was irresponsible of her and almost cause me to faint. but i guess my adenoids looked unusually large or inflamed or something and i was suppose to blast lots of decongestants and antihistamines and saline solution up my nose. which i did not do very diligently.

but i never resolved that issue and now a few months later my ear has felt really messed up and i went to a real doctor and he said my adenoids are larger than they should be and could be causing the pressure and pain feelings i am having but he also said i might be partially deaf and not know it and just don't know how to express the feeling of deafness in one ear compared to the good ear. my ear did get hurt at a loud show, even with me trying to protect it, at a performance just about when the recent feelings started. but the doctor said he doesn't think the concert had anything to do with what has been going on.

but i am wondering if anyone else has issues with their adenoids and what it feels like in their ear and how long it took to go away.

most people don't even seem to know what adenoids are, so sorry if this has no relevance to you.

[Peter Johnson]

A/k/a tonsils. No first-hand knowledge, but check out wikipedia's article. Good luck.

[rostasi]

I'm not a doctor, so these are just observation/questions...

I would think that you would have adenoid problems if you

were having breathing problems or some form of sleep apnea.

Are you tired every morning from possibly not getting enough sleep?

One thing that I've learned this year about your ears, nose and throat

is that there's a definite reason that there are such people as ENT doctors:

GO TO ONE and stop messing with "real" doctors (as you say).

If you want to know what I've had to deal with this year,

then go to here.

keep us up-to-date!

Rod

[Man with the Golden Arm]

a guy at work here, near forty, had been having throat probs with nasty halitosis and coughing up stuff and his regular doc couldn't figure it out. sure enough he's got to have them old tonsils yanked.

If you want to know what I've had to deal with this year,

then go to here.

Rod

my Mom had viral labyrinthitis last year and it goofed her up big time. feel for ya after hearing her stories. not to be outdone tho Dad scored a heavy duty case of "shingles" that still persists almost a year later. THAT is some crazy pain!!!

Rod, that neighborhood you live in should help I would imagine.

[Guest akanalog]

yeah i keep getting prescribed nasal sprays!

Treatment of acute serous otitis media is medical, and is directed

towards the treatment of the upper respiratory infection or allergy

attacks. This may include antibiotics, antihistaminics (anti-allergy

drugs), decongestants (drugs to decrease mucous membrane swelling) and

nasal sprays.

Antibiotic treatment, with or without myringotomy, usually results in

normal middle ear function within three to four weeks. During this

healing period there are varying degrees of ear pressure, popping,

clicking and fluctuation of hearing, occasionally with shooting pains

in the ear.

that kind of sounds like what i have and how doctors are saying to treat it. i think otitis is just an ear infection or an infection of the related areas such as adenoids.

i am just worried the doctor is right and i have hearing loss. he said he was not set up to give me a test today. by my own dumb tests (putting earphones on with music at low volume and seeing if i can hear it through both earphones equally, etc) i seem ok. i imagine people will hearing loss do not feel anything physical and uncomfortable in the affected ear (if they have asymetric loss) but i don't really know.

i did go to an ear specialist today and before that i would be going to the ent clinic by my apartment so i have seen the proper people, just haven't really been given any definitive answers.

rod, i am sorry you are dealing with that. thank you for sharing your experience.

[Chuck Nessa]

Do Adnoids Dream of Mucus Sleep?

[Guest akanalog]

nice! right now i would like to blade runner my ear off so it won't bother me anymore.

[Chuck Nessa]

Did not mean to make a smartass remark at your expense - just couldn't resist.

I hope you get relief soon.

[rostasi]

I've made quite good, but slow, progress in the past few months.

I've had to do the short cheap airplane trip to check ear results

before going on the long expensive overseas ones and things like that to be on the safe side.

You mentioned earphone tests - actually, that's a good thing!

Instead of using test tones of varying frequencies

which would be quite unnatural, I made an 80 minute piece of music

that resembles Eno's Thursday Afternoon and

has a long fade-in - something like a half an hour.

Using identical settings each time and with the same headphones

in the same location, etc., I would test myself a couple times a week

to listen for the first time I could hear sound in the fade-in.

So, at first, it could be 20 minutes in...then some weeks later it'd be 15 minutes in, and so on...

Anyway, progress is being made.

I think that I have 80% back in my left

and 60% in right. I'll be doing a followup

appointment soon.

like I said, let us know your progress...

Rod

[Dan Gould]

A/k/a tonsils. No first-hand knowledge, but check out wikipedia's article.

Not exactly "tonsils" though clearly related. When my younger brother was about 5 years old he had to have his adenoids removed. If they were tonsils, they'd have said "tonsils". I also notice that the Wikipedia article says that adenoids are often removed at the same time as a tonsillectomy. Clearly not the exact same things.

[rostasi]

Rod, that neighborhood you live in should help I would imagine.

Yup, it and it's million (billion?) of inhabitants should keep me "on my toes" so to speak!

R~~

[Chuck Nessa]

A/k/a tonsils. No first-hand knowledge, but check out wikipedia's article.

Not exactly "tonsils" though clearly related. When my younger brother was about 5 years old he had to have his adenoids removed. If they were tonsils, they'd have said "tonsils". I also notice that the Wikipedia article says that adenoids are often removed at the same time as a tonsillectomy. Clearly not the exact same things.

Correct. I remember my brother had his out at about age 8. Then (in the mid '50s) they removed the tonsils "since they were in there". I resented all the ice cream he received. -_-

[Peter Johnson]

Dammit, [Dan], I'm a [lawyer], not a doctor!

A/k/a tonsils. No first-hand knowledge, but check out wikipedia's article.

Not exactly "tonsils" though clearly related. When my younger brother was about 5 years old he had to have his adenoids removed. If they were tonsils, they'd have said "tonsils". I also notice that the Wikipedia article says that adenoids are often removed at the same time as a tonsillectomy. Clearly not the exact same things.

[Jazzmoose]

Oops...thought this thread was about those "curiously strong mints"...

[Dan Gould]

Dammit, [Dan], I'm a [lawyer], not a doctor!

A/k/a tonsils. No first-hand knowledge, but check out wikipedia's article.

Not exactly "tonsils" though clearly related. When my younger brother was about 5 years old he had to have his adenoids removed. If they were tonsils, they'd have said "tonsils". I also notice that the Wikipedia article says that adenoids are often removed at the same time as a tonsillectomy. Clearly not the exact same things.