I posted about tinnitus from zith (it is a pulsing that comes and goes for me).
The past 2 days my ears feel clogged (I haven't noticed the pulsing- they just feel clogged).
I put a call into my LLMD today and am waiting for a call back- i am on mepron/zith now. Can zith cause clogged ears too?
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I'm dealing with the same thing on zith...have been for about 2 months. Let me know what you LLMD says...
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so, your ears feel clogged too? i am not sure if it is the zith. or maybe some new allergies, but I figured i would check.
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CD57
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yes, I had the same thing last year, my first year of treatment. My LLMD thinks it's a bartonella symptom. It's pretty much gone now.
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This has been one of my strange symptoms for years. I think for me it is related to TMJ, which is on the same side as my clogged ear.
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Can't really offer any advice but I have the same problem.
I believe mine may be due to Mycoplasma. It seemed to get better when I went on Doxy but then I switched to Ceftin and it started getting worse again after awhile and Ceftin doesn't treat Myco.
I just started Zithromax which does treat Myco so we'll see.
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I have has sinus/allergy problems since my symptoms started. From what I understand, when on abx you may start to experience symptoms of lyme that you may not have experienced before.
I never had pain in my knees and hips but since starting on abx when I have bad days my knees and hips as well as my feet.
For me the feeling was that my ears needed to "pop". Also, when I would lay down to sleep at night I would sinus drainage.
I found great relief for my ear/sinus problems with claratin-D and flonase.
Just wanted to add the idea that it might be a herxing thing and not a drug side-effect thing.
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My ears did the same thing when I started Zith. I'm no longer on the zith but still having clogged ear and hearing problems.
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My ears feel full too. I am on zith and malarone for Babesia, but looking at my charts, ear pressure started BEFORE adding Zith.
Who knows? Do you have head pressure too?
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i notice that at night my ears seem to get unclogged, but as soon as i get up and walk around, they clog right back up and stay that way all day.
they are also sore/irritated and i have the sound of the ocean in one ear that comes and goes and ringing in the other ear.
i can't tell if it is from the meds or some sort of sinus problem now that is causing all of these ear symptoms.
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Cass A
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Hi!
I've had persisting tinnitus as a Lyme symptom for some years. While on Doxy, I got that full feeling in one ear that just didn't go away. It seemed like a hearing loss to me, so I stopped the Doxy. That was in December 2007.
I'm doing an herbal treatment for Babs now, along with Lumbrokinase, and the ear fullness/hearing loss has finally gone away.
I would not take ear symptoms lightly.
Best,
Cass A
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Geneal
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My neighbor had the same sensation from zith.
Once she stopped it, the fullness went away.
I can't take zith due to ear ringing.
Hugs,
Geneal
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