Coming down from the plateau with ears feeling blocked may be related to diseases such as Eustachian tube dysfunction, acute secretory otitis media, and sudden deafness. General treatment, medication and surgery should be chosen according to the cause and degree of illness.
1. Eustachian tube dysfunction: After coming down from the plateau, the air pressure may change, causing the Eustachian tube function to lose compensation for a short period of time, resulting in negative pressure in the middle ear, and the ear may feel blocked. Short-term oral prednisone and other glucocorticoids, nasal spray hydroxymetazoline and other nasal decongestants. Pinched nose puffing method, Bosch ball method or catheter method can also be used for Eustachian tube blowing.
2. Acute secretory otitis media: when the Eustachian tube dysfunction triggered by the above mechanism is not relieved in time, it may progress to acute secretory otitis media, with the occurrence of middle ear effusion, which may also present with the ear feeling blocked. On the basis of the above treatment, according to the degree of disease and the duration of the disease, tympanic membrane puncture, tympanotomy and tympanic membrane tube placement, eustachian tube balloon dilatation surgery is feasible.
3. Sudden deafness: patients may experience hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness and a feeling of stuffiness in the ears. Treatment often choose methylprednisolone, methylcobalamin, ginkgo biloba extract and other drugs systemic and local application, in order to control the disease and improve symptoms.
From the plateau down to the ears feel blocked, can actively seek medical systematic examination, clear diagnosis and etiology, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.