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Re: Ear issues - experiences
Saw my Rheumatologist the other day. Blood work is a bit off. Raised Liver enzymes and CRP at 7 ( has not been over 5 for a few years). The fact that I am still having symptoms of fullness and tinnitus in my ears and the fact that these were one of my first symptoms before diagnosis makes him think that it is indeed a flare. He agrees that it may not have been treated aggressively enough and wants me to have Solumedrol 1000 mgs once off IV.
I was a bit surprised by this as it seems a bit too aggressive to me. My ET's improved with the ENT's treatment but not totally. They are not getting worse but then again have not got any better since stopping his treatment. I do though feel better in myself and apart from the ears I feel OK. My worry with this very high dose cortisone is that although it may improve my ear symptoms and hearing ( volume on TV does not have to be turned up for me so guess the hearing loss is not too bad) it makes me more prone to infections. This happened the last time I got Solumedrol 500 IV x 3.back in early 2015. I had a bout of Divertculits a few weeks before and after the high dose Solumedrol, the Diverticulitis flared again....., not once but 5 times over the following 6 months each time requiring hospitalization for I V antibiotics.
I do have a UTI which I have been treating naturally. I have been advised by a Nephrologist to keep away from antibiotics if possible and only to use them as a matter of life or death as my urine cultures are returning showing antibiotic resistance. Guess it is low grade infection i have at the moment as my symptoms are few and I have been working on killing the infection and biofilm naturally. So my concern here is if I do have Solumedrol IV 1000 mgs, my ears may be better but then I could come down with an aggressive UTI which could possibly be resistant to antibiotics.
Has anyone been treated with oral Pred for a flare in their ETubes? How long were you treated for and were your symptoms relieved immediately or did they persist for a while after the treatment stopped.....or did the tinnitus and fullness never go away? At the moment I am back to 2.5mgs of pred.
Rose
Last edited by Rose; 03-08-2018 at 12:45 AM.
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Re: Ear issues - experiences
It seems that some meds can cause tinnitus. If this dumb disease doesn’t get you one way, it’ll find another...
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/t...-ringing-ears/
Pete
dx 1/11
"Every day is a good day. Some are better than others." - unknown
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