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I was told by an ENT, who spoke at one of my HLAA chapter meeting, that there is only a small window of opportunity to treat sudden hearing loss with steroids. Since many insurances require a referral from a primary care physician before a specialist can be seen, that window has probably already closed.
Aging and being around loud noises both can cause hearing loss. Other factors, such as too much earwax, can lower how well ears work for a time. You usually can't get hearing back. But there are ways to improve what you hear.
This medicine may cause changes in mood or behavior for some patients. Tell your doctor right away if you have depression, mood swings, a false or unusual sense of well-being, trouble with sleeping, or personality changes while taking this medicine.
Use hearing protection. Over time, exposure to loud sounds can damage the nerves in the ears, causing hearing loss and tinnitus. To keep your tinnitus from getting worse, take steps to protect your hearing.
Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus) occurs when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near one of your ears. In addition to the painful shingles rash, Ramsay Hunt syndrome can cause facial paralysis and hearing loss in the affected ear.
Treatment depends on the cause of the hearing loss and how bad it is. Options include: Removing earwax. Earwax blockage is a cause of hearing loss that can be fixed. A health care provider might remove earwax using suction or a small tool with a loop on the end. Surgery. Some types of hearing loss can be treated with surgery.
Are you using a corticosteroid? Prednisone and other corticosteroid pills, creams and injections can cause side effects. Find out what to expect.
This medicine may cause dizziness, drowsiness, vision problems, or clumsiness or unsteadiness in some people. Make sure you know how you react to this medicine before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert, well-coordinated, and able to see well. This medicine may affect blood sugar levels.
Addison's disease symptoms usually happen slowly, often over months. The disease can move so slowly that people who have it may ignore the symptoms at first. Then a stress, such as illness or injury, makes symptoms worse. Symptoms may include: Extreme fatigue; Weight loss and loss of appetite; Areas of darkened skin; Low blood pressure, even ...
Any other ear infection or condition (or history of)—Otic corticosteroids may worsen existing infections or cause new infections. Glaucoma or High blood pressure—Otic corticosteroids may increase the pressure in the blood vessels of the eye and throughout the body.