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Boppie

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Were you treated for allergies or Eustachian tube problems?
« on: February 26, 2006, 12:34:39 am »
I wonder how many ANers were treated for allergies before hearing loss presented itself?

Pembo

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Re: Were you treated for allergies or Eustachian tube problems?
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2006, 10:02:55 am »
Allergies and sinusitis were blamed for my facial tingling and dizziness for 2 months before I finally got an MRI.
Surgery June 3, 2004, University Hospitals Cleveland, BAHA received in 2005, Facial Therapy at UPMC 2006

matti

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Re: Were you treated for allergies or Eustachian tube problems?
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2006, 10:22:54 am »
I was  treated for over a year for allergies and sinus problems, specialist after specialist. I had ear fullness, facial numbness, and dizziness, but hearing was fine. It was my dentist that actually made my AN diagnosis.
3.5 cm  - left side  Single sided deafness 
Middle Fossa Approach - California Ear Institute at Stanford - July 1998
Dr. Joseph Roberson and Dr. Gary Steinberg
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jenifyer

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Re: Were you treated for allergies or Eustachian tube problems?
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2006, 11:52:23 am »
yes!  yes!  yes!  i was tested for allergies and eustachian tube problems.  my husband and brother are doctors and they both kept telling me jen, it's probably sinus or allergies.  i never let them forget how wrong they were!!!