Hey everybody after researching my symptoms i thought i might have the eagle syndrome.
It all started a few years back (3+) i can’t even remember when exactly.
I felt like i had some thing stuck in my throat for weeks i thought it might be tonsil stones and tried to get them out but without success.
the feeling left and came and somehow i got used to it i guess.
Then i started to have a damp pain in my right ear that wouldn’t go away. It is like a permanent pressure. If i open my mouth my ear pops every time and the pressure goes away for a second. About 2 years ago i went to my doctor and told him about my symptoms he gave me a anti bacterial mouth wash. It’ didn’t go away and a few months later i went back and he gave me some cough meds to loosen the mucus. He said i probably have a clogged eustaccian tube due to a cold. I went back 2 times and got more cold meds.
The pain seemed to get worse and also my face/jaw hurt a lot. I suspected that it might be a bad tooth so i went to a dentist. The dentist xrayed and saw that i had 2 wisdom teeth. One he was able to pull but the other on the side that hurt had to be removed by a surgeon.
After the surgery the pain was back and i thought i might have an infection, so i went back to the surgeon.
He checked my teeth and sent me to a massage therapist since he thought i might have CMD (TJS).
Some other symptoms i have are
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pain sometimes in my neck on the right side, especially when lied on my side rested on one arm.
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my neck also feels stiff and as if i can’t fully turn my head.
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If i push my gums on the right side after my last tooth i feel a damp pain. If i do the same on the left side, no pain at all.
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feeling that my throat is clogged up by thick mucus/saliva
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i sometimes get the impression to damped or reduced hearing on that side for a few seconds
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sometimes i hear my own heartbeat in that ear
after a lot of appointments with the therapist the symptoms did not get better at all so she suggested that i should have an MRI scan taken. She asked me about any accidents and i remembered that a few years back i fell off my bike. she said that might be related. I went back to my doctor who sent me to the radiologist for the scans. The scans did not show anything special so my doctor sent me to an ear specialist. He tested everything but my hearing is more than fine, there is no ‘real’ pressure from the ear.
Now i am back at home still without a diagnosis after many appointments.
I have been researching the web for my symptoms and came across the eagle syndrome and this site. I have been looking at my mri scans but since i am no expert i don’t know what i am supposed to be looking for. basically i just experimented with the program to try to see something.
Has anyone experience with those scans and can tell me more about them?
Do those symptoms apply to the ES?
Any advice what steps i should take next? I am discouraged to go back to my doctor because every time it turns out to be ‘nothing’. I’m starting to feel like i’m just crazy and everything is just made up in my head.
Edit, if anyone knows how to read MRI scans:
A render i tried to make from my scans.
Again, i have no knowledge on how to properly operate that program. Maybe it’s accurate or maybe not.
