# Does anyone get frequent Swimmers Ear? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [February 23, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-anyone-get-frequent-swimmers-ear/18390 "2025-02-23T00:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-anyone-get-frequent-swimmers-ear/18390/2 "2025-02-23T03:37:20Z")
@Disabled_Inventor - When I searched swimmer’s ear on our forum I found at least one reference, but there may be more: > [@Our stories are important. Will you share yours?](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/our-stories-are-important-will-you-share-yours/950/9): > > About 1 year ago I started having pain and hearing problems in the left ear. It felt a bit like swimmers ear so, I set up an appointment with my HMO Primary Care Physician - PCP (took 3 weeks to get in to see.) At the exam Dr did not see an infection and gave me a hearing test that verified that I had lost about 50% of my hearing in my left ear. I was set up with an appointment with an ENT (took about 8 weeks to see.) About a week before the appointment came up with the ENT the pain stopped and … Another possibility is that you have a CSF leak that is draining fluid into your ear. It’s more common for CSF to drain down the back of the throat but into the ear can also happen under the right cirumstances. Here’s a link to an article explaining how that can happen: [Expert Treatment for Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks | Skull Base Conditions | Ear, Nose and Throat Services | University Hospitals | Cleveland, OH | University Hospitals](https://www.uhhospitals.org/services/ear-nose-and-throat-services/conditions-and-treatments/skull-base-conditions/cerebrospinal-fluid-leaks#:~:text=CSF%20leaks%20through%20the%20ear%20usually%20occur%20when%20the%20area,leak%20out%20through%20the%20ear). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/does-anyone-get-frequent-swimmers-ear/18390)._