Hello doctor,I had an upper respiratory tract infection which is now resolved. It was in the acute phase. I had a very painful earache. I am fine now except for a blocked right ear with tinnitus (ringing) and muffled hearing. I can feel a crackling sensation in my outer ear. What can I do to unblock my ear and resolve the tinnitus and hearing problem? I am on Augmentin and Allegra.
Hello. According to your symptoms, it looks like you had an acute otitis media. It is common to have a blocked ear after the infection is resolved. You need to do a pure tone audiometry with impedance audiometry to know about your middle ear status and to know about tinnitus. Since you have taken antibiotics, I suggest you can just have antihistamines like Levocetirizine and decongestant nasal  ChatDoctor.  Consult your specialist doctor, discuss with him or her and with their consent take the medicines. For more information consult an ENT Otolaryngologist online 