Earache
 

Has anyone else experienced earache with PCS? I have had it bad since I started exercising last week, and it hasn't gone away. I did have severe noise sensitivity and tinnitus but these are reducing, in fact I hardly use earplugs now, however this has been replaced by painful earache particularly on the ride side where I banged my head. It doesn't go away, even with painkillers!

earache
 

Earache can be due to a displacement of the upper cervical vertebraes, mainly the 1st one, the atlas.

An experienced chiropractor could evaluate and treat this, and possibly help with this and other pcs symtoms as well.

Thanks, it is new though and I am nearly five months since injury. If it was an atlas injury wouldn't I have noticed this by now? I have had neck pain but dont notice it now since I have taken medication for pain. I am wondering if sound sensitivity or tinnitus decreases does it it turn into earache?

Ear ache
 

Mouse,
I have had earache also. I have still been wearing earplugs. I have had a decrease in the Tinnutitis but just like you said now have earache. My pain medication does not help it either. Mine is on both sides and gets itchy at times but for the most part is really painful.
Brain

I think it relates to the existing hearing problems I had- hypersensitive hearing, noise sensitivity, tinnitus and hyperacusis. I suppose it's little wonder I have earache now. Also my pain med also causes tinnitus and ear pain, so this could be a factor also.

I had this too, and one of the way I found to make myself comfortable was getting my ears cleaned out by an ENT. Both of my ears hurt so bad before the procedure and the pain greatly reduced afterwards.

Always earache here too. It never goes away but does get worse with fatigue.

It feels deep within my ears, and is accompanied by a feeling of fullness/swelling.

No doctor has listened to me, as usual. So it's just another symptom without a remedy. Oh, except time. (I hope)

My earaches were full of pain and itchy also I think both sides.I have not had this in a few months.I believe this is common.I went to ENT and had clean ears just tinnitus.:wink:

I am now 7 months with pcs and ptsd, and for 2 months the deep ear pain has been weekly.

The pain wasn't felt for the first 5 months, so I'm wondering why now.

It comes and goes. I tried to track it with the weather (storms, rain) but it doesn't seem to have a correlation.

By time I get to a doctor, the pain has gone. No redness or inflammation in the ear canal, so my doctor couldn't do much. A heating pad has helped. And usual pain meds don't help.

ENT or chiropractor are the recommended course?

Berkleybrain,

Like yourself I got the doctor to check my ears but he couldn't see anything. At least it is now coming and going this week, it was fairly constant last week, the tinnitus is less frequent as well. I think the earache is related to my previous more severe hearing sensitivity. I didn't really get ear pain on a regular basis until now, but previously had very painful ears from loud noise, and I still find loud noise difficult. The doctor increased my Cymbalta to 60mg so now I don't know if I have a headache or not because my head is numb, but it doesn't do anything at all for the painful earache.

I also had pain in both ears, worse on the left, the side my vehicle was hit. The pain in the right ear dissipated after a couple of years. I still have pain in my left ear. It feels like a chronic ear infection. I tried antibiotic ear drops, homeopathic ear drops, saline spray in the ear, but they did not help. The physicians I consulted said there was no sign of infection. One ENT said that it may be related to a lack of circulation, but I'm not sure. It felt like the eustachian tubes were inflamed, and fluid was getting trapped in the ear. A sinus saline nasal spray helped somewhat. I would spray it into my nose,bend my head back, and too the side, and let it trickle into the eustachian tubes. This temporarily relieved some of the swelling. I also had issues with muffled hearing, tinnitus and hyperacusis for a long time. These symptoms have since resolved.