What’s wrong with dizziness and ear congestion?

There are many reasons for dizziness and stuffy feeling in the ears. It may occur due to insufficient blood supply to the brain caused by staying up late, or it may be a normal physiological reaction when riding in an airplane or elevator, or it may be exudative otitis media, sudden deafness, etc. It is recommended to visit the ENT and neurology departments to clarify the cause and then treat it. Patients should maintain a good mood so as not to affect recovery.1. Normal reaction: When riding in an airplane or elevator, due to the stimulation of vibration and shaking, the human inner ear vagus cannot adapt and regulate the body’s balance well, and symptoms of dizziness and stuffy feeling in the ears easily appear. Patients do not need to worry too much at this time, but usually disappear naturally after getting off the plane or getting out of the elevator. At the same time, dizziness and ear congestion can also occur due to insufficient blood supply to the brain caused by staying up all night, which requires adjustment of lifestyle habits to improve. 2. Exudative otitis media: due to chronic inflammatory stimulation, resulting in poor blood circulation, patients will have a feeling of congestion in the ears, or even tinnitus, hearing loss, and accompanied by dizziness. This disease usually occurs after an upper respiratory tract infection, which leads to negative pressure in the middle ear due to abnormal function of the eustachian tube. 3. Sudden deafness: Sudden deafness is caused by impaired lymphatic circulation in the ear, or a viral infection. After the onset of the disease, patients may suddenly develop symptoms such as stuffy feeling in the ears, tinnitus, and hearing loss within 72 hours, and some patients may be accompanied by dizziness or vertigo, or even nausea and vomiting. 4. Meniere’s disease: This disease is usually formed due to water accumulation in the vagus of the inner ear membrane, and symptoms such as vertigo, stuffy feeling in the ears, tinnitus, and hearing loss will occur during the attack, and vertigo may become long-term dizziness, and it is recommended to actively It is recommended to check pure tone audiometry, electronic otoscope, vestibular function, etc. for clear diagnosis; 5. Other diseases: Some other brain diseases can also cause patients to have symptoms of dizziness and stuffy feeling in the ears, such as common ones as brain hemorrhage and brain infarction, which may be related to insufficient blood supply to the brain. Treatment should be judged by brain CT or MRI, cerebral hemogram and other related examinations.