I've been noticing something lately. I think its been happening for a couple of months now, but that's hard to say because I didn't pay much attention to it at first, and I initially thought it was just something temporary, but it keeps happening and haven't really heard anyone mention it before, so I thought I'd put it out there and see if anyone else is experiencing it (I'm certain someone must be as this can't be anything new.) I wake up from sleeping, turn over on to my other side (I'm a side sleeper and I roll over and change sides several times during the night) and I can feel fluid moving deep down in my affected ear. It feels like a really thick fluid, moving ever so slowly way down deep inside. it makes the inside of my ear itch really bad. I have to push hard on the cartilage of my ear (sort of up from the bottom, below and behind my earlobe) and kind of wiggle it back and forth to sort of "scratch" it to make it go away and stop. It doesn't happen all the time and It doesn't seem to matter which side I'm sleeping on, although I seem to notice it more when I'm sleep on the affected ear side. Occasionally, it happens after I've been awake for a while also, but that's rare. It's much more so in the morning or in the middle of the night when rolling over. It's the weirdest thing and difficult to describe. Anyone else having this particular issue?
Definitely weird and not something I’ve experienced. I can only sleep with my bad ear up now or sitting up. If I make the mistake of sleeping on my bad ear I’ll usually wake up several hours later in a moderate vertigo episode.
Odd. Never heard of that. On the plus side, since you can sense and describe it so clearly, maybe it will be easier for your specialist to figure you out.
There’s a chiropractic maneuver that my doc does to my ears that you might try. It forces air into the eustacean tube and tractions the small bones in the ear. I’m not sure what it’s called but you can do it yourself. Grip your earlobe between your thumb and forefinger like you would hold a guitar pick. In one motion, pull straight down and then back towards the back of your head. You will have to pull quite hard but you will hear a snapping sound inside your ear. The first time I had it done I had some nasty drainage come out in the back of my throat so be ready lol.
Hahaha....damn near yanked my ear off of my head as I thought I wasn't doing it right at first because I wasn't hearing any snapping sound. After I did it a few times I started to hear a very faint "clicking" when I did it, probably because my ear is tuned up this morning and really ringing loudly. No drainage......maybe it will have a positive affect. I'll try it at various times to see if it helps. Thanks!
Something similiar happens to me occasionally. Getting overheated while sleeping has sometimes caused my ear to "drain" although not much fluid actually is coming out. But it feels sort of wet and itchy and usually relieves the pressure a bit. Wish I knew what the cause and physiology of it is.
Yes, clicking is a more accurate description. It's easier for someone else to perform it on you with the angle and all. I usually just allow my doc to do it once a week.
Dear God, yes, I get this feeling ALL OF THE TIME. The itchiness is unbearable at times, isn’t it?! I will say, I’ve noticed this gets worse for me if I have an ear infection. Sometimes it will be the only symptom of said infection.
YES! The inner ear itching is almost unbearable! When I first started noticing it though, I thought "oh yes! something is happening, the medication is working!" As it was something new and different. But sadly, that doesn't seem to be the case, just a new symptom because apparently the fogginess, dizziness, ringing, pressure, vertigo, nausea, loss of hearing, feelings of isolation and fear of going out, weren't quite enough.
Are guys meaning inner ear or middle ear itching /fluid moving? I told my oto several years ago that I could feel fluid moving in my inner ear. He told me that there was such a small amount of fluid in the inner ear that it would be impossible to feel it. He felt very strongly that what I was feeling was in the middle ear.
I'm not sure how you are differentiating the two, but I'm talking about someplace way down deep inside the ear. NOT like between your outer ear hole and the ear drum, but someplace much deeper. Obviously, I can't tell you exactly where that is, but when I feel it moving, it feels deep.
Sorry, rejoined, I misunderstood you. This is how I differentiate the two. https://www.earq.com/hearing-loss/ear-anatomy
For me, it feels like it’s actually the inner ear, when it’s the worst, but it’ll still get itchy if it’s middle ear. On those occasions when it’s been so horrible I start to understand how someone could cut off their ear, I eventually get sick with something that requires oral antibiotics, and it gets rid of the feeling of me wanting to rip off my own ear. The only way I can differentiate is one is helped by antibiotic ear drops(most recent ear infection) and with the other they tend to make it feel worse?!
The website link was very helpful for your distinction between the areas of the ear, but as far as where I think the fluid is.......I have no idea, it feels very deep is all I can say.
I tried to do yoga because I read it helps with Menieres and stress, but whenever I'm in a position where my head is down, I can feel and hear fluid and I can't stand it. Not sure if it's the same as what you are describing, but it stopped me from trying yoga!
I actually have started to notice it at various other times now when my head is in different positions, I can't so much hear it as feel it s l o w l y oozing, which in turn causes the itchiness. the liquid never seems to move all that far, and nothing ever comes out the ear itself, nor do I feel it draining into my throat, and it doesn't last very long either. I was just curious if it meant something.......something like, "oh yeah, that means you're ear is getting better!" Hahaha, I should have known better.
If you've had a hole in your eardrum (like from tubes or injections or trauma) or a really bad cold (the middle ear connects to the eustachian tube and through to the sinus cavity), you can get infection in your middle ear with a pus type liquid. A really bad infection can even rupture your eardrum. Middle ear infection symptoms can include fever, congestion, earache, and reduced hearing. They can also become chronic if not treated. I'm obsessed with punctured eardrums these days, and came across this info on the Mayo Clinic and other sites in my research. It may be irrelevant to your situation, or you may want to mention it to your doc. Good luck.