I actually did it this Sat p.m. while kiteboarding...not wakeboarding (blown powered kiteloop attempt...major impact). I have not been able to get in to see a doc yet. For those of you in the know...do you think I perforated it? Symptoms: -Substantial hearing loss right after impact. It later returned for the most part. I would say I am now at 60% hearing in left ear. I can not hear very faint noises, or low pitched noises at all. For instance...if I listen to music with a lot of Bass...it almost makes me dizzy. -I was very dizzy after impact. I felt like I was in the spin cycle. It took me 5 minutes to drag back to my board because my equilibrium was so jacked. -Pain. Yes. -I later noticed faint trace of blood in my ear -Later that night...pressure built up like crazy in my ear. I was almost ready to go to the ER it hurt so bad. Then suddenly the pressure spontaneously released and my ear drained some. Yuck. -My ear has since been draining...but only a very slight amount. Clear fluid My guess is that I did rupture it....but it must be a very small hole...otherwise why would pressure build up in my ear. I need to get some antibiotics. By the way...I used to have problems with ear infections. I was really concerned about the nasty delta water I got in my ear...so I decide to put a few drops of swimmers ear solution (95% alcohol and 5 glycerin) in the impacted ear to kill any bugs. OMG don't ever do this. ONE DROP and I was on the floor. Yeoww! But 24 hours after impact...no infection pain yet....
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