For the past 8 or 9 months, I have off an on had my left ear literally stuffed. I can't barely hear out of it, as if there was water in it, or if I was holding my finger to it to block the sound. This has happened before. It would come for a a month or two, then be gone, then come for a month or two, then be gone. This time, its been almost 2 months and im sick of it.
I cough up a c**p ton of mucus in the morning, to the point where I am gagging, usually. and before i say anything else, i will say YES i AM a LIGHT SMOKER. But even in 3 or 4 day long periods where I go without a cigarette, this happened every morning.
I try to clean my ears constantly, but it was never something that was super necessary. But now, when I clean out my left ear, tons and tons of reddish-brownish goop comes out.I know this is gross, I am pretty embarrassed. But hte other ear is just fine, and doesn't have much at all.
Okay, does anyone else have experience with anything like this?
I am going to the doctor next week because, even if this is off-and-on, Im sick of it. I WANNA BE ABLE TO HEAR WITH MY LEFT EAR AGAIN. UGH.
I cough up a c**p ton of mucus in the morning, to the point where I am gagging, usually. and before i say anything else, i will say YES i AM a LIGHT SMOKER. But even in 3 or 4 day long periods where I go without a cigarette, this happened every morning.
I try to clean my ears constantly, but it was never something that was super necessary. But now, when I clean out my left ear, tons and tons of reddish-brownish goop comes out.I know this is gross, I am pretty embarrassed. But hte other ear is just fine, and doesn't have much at all.
Okay, does anyone else have experience with anything like this?
I am going to the doctor next week because, even if this is off-and-on, Im sick of it. I WANNA BE ABLE TO HEAR WITH MY LEFT EAR AGAIN. UGH.
It sounds to me like you have some sort of sinus problem because the reddish-brown goop you're referring to is simply ear wax build up so the hearing problem is probably not related to that. Instead I think it is definitely a sinus issue so I would encourage you to see your doctor about this as soon as possible. Can you keep us posted on what the doctor says? Thanks!