Ear nose throat specialist clinic

Ear Pain is common in divers especially in training or during upper respiratory tract infections. Severe pain with sudden impaired hearing can occur while ascending up to the surface. Severe pressure within the middle ear could damage the middle ear bones and rupture the ear drum.

Another common ear pain in divers could be external ear canal infection due to fungus or bacteria. Very often impacted wax with water within the ear canal causes the similar type of pain.

Ear pain is one of the most painful condition one can have probably after child birth pain and tooth ache. There are many causes of ear pain. It could be a simple infection of the ear canal either bacterial or fungal. The other common cause is fluid in the middle ear.

Treatment is simple such as ear cleaning using suction by ENT specialist, antibiotic drops or anti fungal ear drops or relieve of middle ear fluid with a simple surgery.