Recently I've had nausea, headache, a cold, and maybe a little bit of tonsilitis for three or four days. During that time, my ears twinged a bit, but didn't really hurt until last night. I was relaxing, working on a nice Sudoku puzzle when I tilted my head. I felt and heard fluid moving somewhere inside my inner ear. I tilted it at a sharper angle, and it hurt. That triggered throbbing, aching pain that I couldn't ignore. Ibuprofen did nothing for it. It lasted for about two hours, and during that time I paced, watched Law & Order, and tried to sleep, but it just wouldn't go away. Finally, when my sleeping pills kicked in, I yawned, and something happened. It popped a little bit, and the fluid moved. The pain went away. I moved my head around and it throbbed just a bit, but it was basically gone. I don't know if any discharge came out because I was under the influence of sleeping pills and went to sleep very shortly afterward. Could my eardrum have ruptured?
2006-06-12
11:22:42
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