Balloon dilation of the Eustachian tube - a patient reports:
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- Опубликовано: 28 мар 2021
- Learn from a patient about her problems with ear pressure, the limitations in her professional and everyday life, as well as her experience with balloon dilation. Senior physician Dr. med. Jörg Langer from the AMEOS-Klinikum Halberstadt (Germany) explains the procedure, the risks and the results of this new therapy.
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Very well-produced video presentation. Concise - and exactly what a scheduled patient needs to hear. No pun intended ;)
Thank you!
for chronic ear infections, is it recommended to get a CT or MRI scan?
Is tube dilation available on NHS in the U.K.
I also need to undergo one of these treatments.
Hi Allen Zhu if you don’t mind me asking you ? How long have you had your ear clogged? I’m going through the same thing but ENT dr can’t find the problem or solution so she is now referring me to a Neurologist.
Feel suicidal
God is faithful did you perform the Valsava manoeuvre in front of your ENT for him to know for sure you don’t suffer of this condition ?
Darren Baker Sadly I know the feeling. How are you doing now?
Interesting that he suggests valsalva 20-30 times daily to keep it open post op. Would this be advisable even if you didn't have the balloon dilation?
Did she take a CT SCAN ? how did you determined it was the eusthisuan tube ?
I've had chronic ETD for almost a year. I hate every second of my life. Headaches, ear aches, popping, clicking, crackling noises, dizziness and tinnitus like a jet engine.
I've had an untold amount of nasal sprays, nasal drops, tablets and everything else. I survive on two or three hours sleep a night.
I can't believe something so small can have such a devastating effect on my life.
Your is sameeeee as me, I had most horrific life scariest pain to degree I tried suicide few times, w the tinnitus, and I had to wait one year go see best doctor at San Francisco hospital, he told me he would operate this dialation on me! I begged him do it, he said he wouldn’t since I suffer from tinnitus, it might get worse, and besides he said it might opens the tube so wide and then would hear noises like Ecos! He said is risky as there is no Garantie! I think if I didn’t have the tinnitus he might would have operated me, but because I suffer that he is concerned makes it worse , so I am suffering too tinnitus and all , I also suffer a lot a lot from noise sensitivity, all these horrific curse started w ear infection, and extreme allergy 😢
Did it ever resolve I have exact symptoms now
@terryb3580
Hi Terry, nothing has changed.
I spend my day, all 24 hours wearing a Bluetooth headband that joggers wear while running blasting masking sounds which you can find on RUclips, to overpower the tinnitus.
I have an appointment in a month's time (I've been on the list and waiting 7 months) with a specialist at a London hospital.
I'm hoping I'll be put forward for balloon dilation, but who knows if that will happen.
Dramatic as it sounds, there were two occasions where if I could have laid my hands on a gun, I would have used it on myself.
Tinnitus from ETD is a torture.
I wish you all the best my friend and most of all I wish you silence.
How about the dizziness is that still happening also
@terryb3580
That is the one symptom that has improved surprisingly, why that is I don't know. I had the dizziness on and off for about 4 months.
I've still got pressure imbalance, hence the tinnitus, but the dizziness has gone. Hope that is of some comfort/help to you.
I'm going to get this surgery done. I'm a musician and composer and I've suffered with Eustachian tube disfunction in my left ear since 1996. I learned that I can clear out my tube by moving my jaw and blowing a quick breath and my hearing improves, but it plugs back up when I swallow. When I play live gigs with bands I try not to make it too obvious, it looks kind of strange. It's something I have learned to live with. I got the surgery where a small tube was put under my eardrum, but it failed and was a waste of time. This new surgery with the balloon sounds promising, I've seen 6 videos explaining it.
Please give update once you had the surgery
Totally feel your pain. Am also constantly adjusting my jaw to clear the tube... looks weird but there's no alternative. Best of luck with the procedure - let us know how it goes
@@george_carlos I plan to tell find an ENT surgeon through my primary care physician and have the procedure. But I will stay awake for it because the thing that I fear the most about any surgery is being put unconscious by an anesthesiologist. There's always that slight chance of never waking up!
@@andragg
What are the symptoms that you feel.. Do you feel dizzy?
hey, how did it go :)
On other videos you can have this done in an office under local anesthetic, so rather confused!
I have popping sound when I swallow anything even my saliva and my ear feels itchy sometimes
How do I make an appointment?
Pick up fone. Dial numbers and speak into the fone. Or email
@@DarkoFitCoach THAT KLINIK IS IN GERMANY
For those suffering from Eustachain Tube Dysfunction with no resoltion from seeing your ENT, please consider TMJ Disoders as your issues. Please google 'how TMD can confound clinicians' and read the article that comes up. After suffering from ETD from past 10 years, it finally hit me, its NOT ETD!!! (at least in my case).
what did you do to solve it?
@@alejandrarossi9976 If it truly is one of the many problems that get's categorized as TMJ Disorders, than it's really education and behavior modification thats going to be the key. On Amazon for 20 bucks is 'The TMJ healing plan', everything you need to know is in there, it's a GREAT reference. I am guilty of just about every negative behavior in that book. I've heard from two people now with same issues that said adult braces resolved their issue. For me (and this is still early for me and a fluid situation), it appears 70% of my symptoms are resolved by NOT wearing my bruxism night guard! I never made the connection before but once I realized that my issue was most likely TMD related, I started to become very aware of certain behaviors. I 'clench' WAY more when wearing my night guard then with out. I did a simple test and sure enough, even though it's well adjusted, it's causing me the majority of my symptoms. It's crazy because my symptoms didn't show up for well over a decade from once I began wearing the night guard. I should note I'm also seeing a physical therapist that has experience with TMD issues now too. For more severe cases there are TMD appliances (alot of controversy here), Botox in the Jaw muscles (some controversy here) and even surgery (some controversy here). I've yet to find any medical professionals (even that 'specialize' in these issues) that agree on what the correct course of action is. It's a very confusing issue to navigate, It's one of those where you will most likely become your own doctor and make decisions based on what you know about your own behavior and history. Start with the book I referenced above. GOOD LUCK!
My first ENT simply wanted me to get hearing aids (from a business that he conveniently owned - next door). He said that he had never even heard of eustachian tube dilation. Fired him. Second ENT was actually a PA that misread her OWN assistant’s damned handwriting and diagnosed me with TMJ, not TMD. She wouldn’t back off so I fired her ass on the spot. I finally resolved it myself. These incompetents were in Central Florida. Yes, I am an engineer that has an excellent bullshit detector.
I have looked for yrs in the SE USA. Cannot find.
Atrium Wake Halealth Baptist Hospital
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Atrium Wake Health Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem North Carolina
What are the symptoms.. i feel inflamed near ear and vaccum in my ears.. does this cause dizziness too ?
I'm having the same symptoms it's been 3 years and I can't get rid of it.
I have a muffled, clogged left ear, they keep telling me that I need hearring aids. I don't think I have a bad enough loss. I gave in, started to wear hearing aids, and now my left ear is clogged/muffled without hearing aids I can hear very well. I don't know what to doom I live in Minnesota.. Can anyone help?
You live in Minnesota - see if you can get to the Mayo Clinic at Rochester. If there's an undiscovered problem, they will find it and fix it.
Can smoke develop Eustachian tube dysfunction
Yes
I have experienced Eustachian tube dysfunction for the majority of my life. Has anyone looked into permanently inserting a synthetic eustachian tube inside the actual biological eustachian tube? Wouldn't this keep the eustachian tube open permanently and prevent the tube from ever closing again, thereby preventing the infections from occurring to begin with or from reoccurring?
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My thoughts exactly!! It seems like the obvious thing to do...
No then you'll have Symptoms of PED. Which is when the tube is open and doesn't close. You'll hear yourself breathing and talking.
@@timmontano773🧢
This is called patulous eustachian tube dysfunction and presents its own unique problems like hearing your breathing and innocuous movements inside the inner ear unrelated to normal hearing. What you want is for the tube to open and close based on the surrounding barometric pressure as this provides the most effective means of conduction to the cochlea.
Suffering this issue now with the flu. The balloon seems like the best way to go instead of destroying the ear drum. Though It seems, this balloon method seems incomplete. I expected the balloon to go all the way up into the ear drum area in the middle and the liquids inside to be sucked out. If opening the Eustachian tubes keeps them open after being forced open then perhaps it is the best solution, otherwise if it closes immediately after balloon deflation I can see why patients still suffer hearing problems.
The idea is that the pressure from the balloon is supposed to damage the tissue surrounding the walls of the eustachian tube. This then alerts the body to repair the tissue, replacing the damaged old cells with new cells that will in theory do the task of aerating the inner ear more effectively.
How much money cost such a session ?
Mine cost 8k, but I was quoted as high as 24k. It really depends on the 'setting' the doctor performs the procedure in. The surgery took care of my symptoms for 6 weeks, but they are back now. I'm now looking at this issue as a TMJ Disorder instead of ETD which is what ENT will treat it as wether or not it's the actual issue.
@@aaronn5933what in the heck.. you know healthcare s screwed up if it costs 8-24k for this procedure of putting a plastic tube up your nose and inflating it and pulling it out. That is robbery. People should be ashamed of themselves if they are charging that much. I bet you it costs less than $10 to make the tube parts and no more than $1000 for the pump and solution they pump in the tube. The pump costs should not even be a factor since that would not be disposable like the tube. I don’t care if their degrees cost them 200k either. That’s no excuse for charging this much per patient. How do these people sleep at night knowing they are charging people for all sorts of Ailments. The types that charge these amounts aren’t in healthcare to help people, just to sell products and services with the highest profit.
I had this procedure done in my right ear Dec 8, 2023, and after just over a month, thus far I still have ETD in my right ear.
What did they say when you explained it didn't work? I'm considering this surgery. Thanks
My next appointment is Feb 15, 2024, let's see what the Doc says then. Do your research, I wasn't made aware of Patulous potential side effect (Patulous eustachian tube after sinuplasty). The Doc told me the only side effect would be a nosebleed. @@emmas3716
My eustachian started giving me problems when I go type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance causing me to lose a lot of weight. My ENT doctor "moron" said it had nothing to with my problem. Funny it's listed as a cause in all the medical research info. I do have inflammation, but I've had problems with sinus inflammation my whole life. He has never given me this option. Is there any risk in this procedure?
Where did you find info linking eustachian tube dysfunction to diabetes? Curious to learn more.
@@firestarter4247 Not really diabetes because most people that get diabetes take drugs or shots and stay fat. But if you cut out carbs which is the cause of insulin resistance or type II you're gonna lose weight. Losing weight is listed as one of the causes such as in gastric bypass and weight loss.
@@quake2uThere is an infection that you have not had the necessary testing for.
IF YOU HAVE A CHRONIC COLD OR UPPER RESPIRATRY INFECTION THAT MUST BE TREATED FIRST..
I suffer from intermittant ETD (I think) in one ear that severely affects my hearing, especially because my other ear is effectively hearing -dead because of Ménière's disease. Here's the problem with researching this balloon procedure - I can literally find zero written accounts from anyone on the web that they had this done and it worked, this video aside. Does anyone have any links to personal accounts with this?
Hello I had this done 7 years ago and at first I wasn’t happy as it was painful after being done.. as it when I woujd yawn it felt like Velcro pulling my ears apart but atlas’s a few months went by and my ear started to improve, not perfect as it still crackles when I yawn and sounds sticky when I swallow but no pressure or major pain.. it feels open and much better than being clogged up!
@@Dolcevita_bakes thanks so much for posting your personal account. Glad it ended up well for you. Some cracking in my ear is actually a good thing because it indicates I can open the tube by swallowing, which always go along with my hearing being okay.
Those baked items you’ve created are amazing! Regards …..
hello, how loud or disturbing is the crackling? I only have this symptom and I was thinking about this surgery. For me the crackling is a torture. I have hyperacusis and when I use earplugs is too loud..@@Dolcevita_bakes
Did she also have tinnitus in that ear?
I have tinnitus from eustachian tube dysfunction too
@@ahilleastsavalos5573 has this procedure helped?
Actually not one EMT has scanned me to find out where the tinnitus is coming from
@@ahilleastsavalos5573 So how do you know it is from ETD? For me I am still getting pain on my right ear which is what makes me think I still have slight ETD which I hope is why I have slight tinnitus. ENT Said I could get this done but not sure if it will help or makes things worse. So a little hesitant...but soon the YOLO will kick in lol
@@sakenu16 actually I don't have a hearing problem, I think the cause is within the neck
I've had chronic nasty 24/7 tinnitus since 1998, I'm sure I have something in the left inner ear. What really gets me is I should be used to research tinnitus for other people's benefits. My hearing has gone bad since 2015 and I'm on aids.
Did i ever get ur ear checked out to see what and if u have anything inside?
@@DarkoFitCoach No I never did, but early on I had an MRI scan of the ears. I don't think GPs are interested in tinnitus and generally associate it with overly sensitive people.
@@markjohn4802 so u had an issue for decades and never did proper diagnostics to see whats up. How come,
@@DarkoFitCoach All they've done is proscribe hearing aids, I'm on my fourth upgrade. I have severe hearing loss in my left ear, less so in the right. They're always looking down into my ear, they say it's fine. My eustachian tube doesn't correct easily when flying. Last time it didn't balance until I got to the airport carpark,, it sounded like letting air out of a toy balloon, startled me and amused my family. But i had been swimming in the sea that morning.
@@markjohn4802There is an infection that you have not had the necessary testing for.

They are thinking maybe cause of my tinnitus also hearing loss
Did you get this done? Did it help with Tinnitus?
Can this get rid of the hisssing in my ears it’s driving me nuts. Had the pill had the sprays , go says it’s tinnitus live with it. Audiology says hearing is fine for my age
Sounds as though you have the same problem as I: a build-up of fluid in the middle ear.
Like you, I can hear constant hissing in my (left) ear. Once the fluid is drained by a specialist in a procedure called 'myringotomy', the hissing should reduce or cease.
See an ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) specialist.
Did you see an ENT and try to see if they can do this procedure? From my ENT they said I don't have fluid but I still feel slight pain on my right ear from time to time...not sure if it is due to allergies.
@@sakenu16 I'm waiting to see an ENT specialist, but my family doctor confirmed what I had already suspected from previous experience : that fluid had accumulated in my middle ear (behind the eardrum). I am in no doubt that this is responsible for the continuous, maddening hiss in my left ear.
Does your affected ear feel plugged by something, at least from time to time? And does it improve when you pinch your nose, close your mouth, and then try to blow air (CAREFULLY, mind) through your nose, which then goes up your eustachion tube into the middle ear to make it pop? This is called the 'Valsalva Manoeuvre'. If your affected ear feels unclogged after this, it does suggest an accumulation of fluid, either in the middle section of the ear itself and/or in the eustachion tube.
Maybe you should seek a second opinion.
I am in exactly in the same position as you. It’s not always the fact that I have tinnitus, it’s the sound of the noise that is killing me. A ringing/hissing noise that changes in frequency every few seconds. Does yours also change by the position you sleep in at night?
@@rachaelrobins9855 No, it does not change. I just fall asleep. It is amazing what a person can get used to.
Listen: keep in touch. I'll help you as much as I can.
This is 8k-24k what a rip off, literally not even a real surgery, 15 min baloon procedure inflated in your ear.
Not sure where your getting your figures from I paid 4k
I believe my Tinnitus comes from brain inflammation and certain foods like carbs and sugar. Insulin resistance could be the problem.