Do you think I have Vertigo?


Question:
Hello, I have been having trouble with fluid in my ears ever since I got mono virus back in September 2006... When I wake up of a morning I feel like I have my balance and I feel more in my body, but I have pressure in my ear's, because I can tell there is fluid in them, then when I start eating and I go to try to release the pressure by sticking my finger, or something to wipe in my ear, it feels like pressure is releasing and then it is like all of a sudden I got light headed and gravity totally changes, feels like I start floating, but I don't spin... There is also yellow water liquid that comes out of my ear when I stick something in them to wipe it out. I also have trouble with my heart beating hard/ fluttering at times, does this sound like I might have vertigo?

Answers:
No. You have described your symptoms well. Vertigo is the sensation of dizziness-specifically off balance feeling, spinning with nausea at the extreme. This is usually caused by inflammation or disturbance of the inner ear near the brain. It sounds like you have a middle ear problem or eustachian tube dysfunction caused when fluid builds up behind you ear drum and does not drain properly into the back of the throat. At it's worst this can cause a middle ear infection.

Standard treatments include decongestants (by mouth-pill and judiciously by nasal spray) and nasal steroids (e.g. Flonase, Beconase, Vancenase). Last resort is myringotomy where an ENT doc essentially pokes a hole in the eardrum for drainage and to relieve/equalize the pressure across the eardrum.

The yellow fluid is prob coming from your ear canal-in front of or outside of that is, your eardrum-prob unrelated to the pressure popping prob.

Suggest you start by seeing your doc, or better yet an ENT specialist. Good luck!
vertigo means you are dizzy. you will have to answer this question on your own. if you are vertiginous, see your doctor.
no
It's not vertigo, but sounds like you should see primary physician or an ENT (otolaryngologyst)
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