A Question From Todd For Those With Chronic Pain
For those of you that deal with Otitis Media With Effusion or other similar ailments, how has that effected you emotionally? Has it led to depression? Does this depression come with additional emotional or physical pain? If it does, how does that pain compare to the pain of your physical ailment? I would be interested […]
The Symptoms, Causes and Treatment of Mastoiditis
Mastoiditis is a bacterial infection that invades the Mastoid bone, a porous bone that is behind the ear. This bone has air cells in it to help with air flow throughout the ear. This condition can be potentially life threatening if not discovered early or given the proper treatment but it is often manageable when […]
What Is Tinnitus?
Tinnitus or “ringing in the ears” as it is often called is an aggravating condition that effects 50 million Americans which is 15% of the population. The sufferers of this condition endure the perception of sounds in their ears such as buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing and clicking. Twenty million people have acute conditions which are […]
What O.M.E. (Otitis Media with Effusion) Means to Me – by Todd Daley
Hi there, my name is Todd and I have O.M.E.,(Otitis Media with Effusion). My wife, Jenny, asked me to explain what O.M.E. is to me so you folks can understand how it effects an individual in many different aspects of ones life. Now I’ll get right down to it and tell you that I’m not […]
How Ear Problems Begin To Develop
Many ear problems begin in children when they are still under the age of two. Often times Upper Respiratory Infections, allergies, and being exposed to cigarette smoke can cause swelling in the lining of the Eustachian tube which prevents it from opening and equalizing pressure in the ear. Another problem can be attributed to the […]
Welcome To EarWellness
As I mentioned in my opening, the purpose of this blog is to help others like my husband, Todd, that suffer from problems like Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, Tinnitus, Otitis Media with Effusion,(OME),aka, “glue ear”, and Mastoiditis. He has been suffering from these debilitating ear problems for as long as he can remember. For those of […]