Long COVID ear pressure and clogged ears, now somewhat better with time and flonase
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 22 months
- Last post
- Dec 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’m going on a year of ear issues after covid.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Its up and down. I think time worked the best.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Feb 2022 I got covid.
Read from 11 of their posts and comments; links to the 3 this page draws on
Summary
They caught COVID-19 in February 2022 and soon after developed persistent ear pressure with a constant need to pop their ears, sometimes waking them at night. A reinfection in December 2022 made their ears worse than ever, so clogged they could not hear out of one ear, lasting about two weeks. Nearly a year in they put the ear problem at about 50% better, and by late 2023 they said time helped most and that spraying flonase into the ear canal reduced the swelling, though symptoms still went up and down.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Flonase · Helped
I think flonase into the ear canal worked best. Brought down the swelling.
In context ↗ - Time · Helped
Its up and down. I think time worked the best.
In context ↗
Approaches: Other drugs and medicines
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| February 2022 | COVID-19, then ear pressure beganNear the end of Feb, the ear pressure started.In context ↗ | |
| December 2022 | COVID reinfection made ears much worseI got covid again last month. Stuffy nose for a day and then, boom, ears inflamed, worse than ever before. ... This lasted about 2 weeksIn context ↗ | |
| January 2023 | ear problem about 50% betterIt’s probably about 50% better now, but nearly 1 year into it.In context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
| December 2023 | up and down; time and flonase into the ear canal helpedIts up and down. I think time worked the best. flonase into the ear canal seemed to help.In context ↗ |
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