Huh!

[hlmauera]

I've been having trouble with dizziness and feeling lightheaded since Tuesday night. I stayed home Wednesday thinking my neck was causing the issue and that rest and a horizontal position might fix the problem. Thursday I went to work but still felt icky so I scheduled a massage, thinking that might help my neck. Today was no better. I went to work but came home at noon. Turning my head or moving my eyes caused earthquakes in my brain! I was told not to go to the chiropractor after the last X-ray so I decided to go to urgent care and see if they could write a script for muscle relaxants or perhaps have some other suggestion. I thought maybe they'd do a cervic X-ray and load me up with Flexeril.


I came home with a script for antibiotics, steroids, and motion sickness medication. It turns out that I have a sinus infection that, combined with the chronic allergic rhinitis and the muscular inflammation in my neck, is putting lots of pressure on my inner ear. It's inflamed and she was seeing fluid bubbles on the left one (Whatever that means). I wasn't expecting that!

I see myself spending a good portion of my weekend in bed with frequent trips to the restroom when the augmenten starts to work. The Meclizine will make me sleepy, the Medrol may make me manic like prednisone does. It could be interesting.

Comments

[katanubis.livejournal.com]

If she was seeing bubbles in fluid in your ear, it means you have serous otitis which has a small amount of Eustachian tube function still. (So it's either getting better or getting worse. Not uncommon with allergic rhinitis.) The bubbles are in the fluid behind the ear drum. (There's no way for a doctor to see the inner ear. Only the middle ear effects on the ear drum, unless the ear drum is missing. But it's not uncommon for someone with a middle ear problem to also have inner ear dysfunction such as vertigo/dizziness.) Hopefully that helps you understand what's going on there.

[trudchen.livejournal.com]

Sinus & ear infection is not fun. Rest up & get better soon.

[hrothgar1.livejournal.com]

Actually, the Meclazine shouldn't make you sleepy- It is sold OTC as Dramamine Non Drowsy. (Though everyone responds diff!)

I'm sort of partially in bed with a painful though not frequent cough myself.

Glad you went in and got help! Hope you feel better soon!