Towards the end of last year I started to suffer from a low pitched hum every night, often accompanied by a high pitched buzz. I've had what I consider to be minor issues with fluid/infections in the past but after a couple of weeks I decided that I needed to seek help as it actually interfered with watching TV and it wasn't going anywhere, I went to see a nurse who couldn't find anything so advised a nasal steroid and decongestants, if that didn't work she'd send me to ENT. At the same time she gave me a flu jab and checked my blood pressure which is where things get "interesting" because I was in the grip of full blown hypertension, The ear issue went on the back burner while I focused on monitoring my blood pressure for a month. After a fortnight it it was still so consistently high that I got back to the nurse and requested medication (I knew what I wanted but a cardiologist friend confirmed my thinking). During this time the ear issue went away, my evening BP is now averaging at around 130 over 80 which given that it started at 180/120 is reason to celebrate.
None of which helps you Andy other than mentioning that sometimes even worse issues can be headed off following a visit to your GP or Nurse.
None of which helps you Andy other than mentioning that sometimes even worse issues can be headed off following a visit to your GP or Nurse.
