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 ====== Ear symptoms     ======
+A number of chronic ear complaints appear to be the result of microbes. For example, biofilm bacteria play a well-defined role in otitis media.(({{pubmed>long:16835426}}))
-Immunopathology can cause many ear-related symptoms. As always, your first measure should be to slow down the immune system response to see if it provides relief. If not, there are safe measures you can take to palliate these intolerable symptoms.
+As evidenced by patient and physician reports, the Marshall Protocol seems to target a range of ear conditions. However, immunopathology due to treatment can cause temporary increases in ear-related symptoms. As always, one's first measure should be to slow the immune system response to see if it provides relief. If not, there are safe measures you can take to palliate these intolerable symptoms.
-Our members also provide reassurance the MP will treat ear problems.
 ===== Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) =====
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 Tinnitus is common among our study cohort and many members have reported resolution of this annoying symptom.
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 //**Aunt Diane**, MarshallProtocol.com//</blockquote>
+<blockquote>I have had ringing in my ears for a long time, since about 1968.  Right after I was diagnosed with the sarcoidosis a hearing test revealed that I did not hear high pitched sounds from my left ear.  I had 2 different doctors at that time tell me this.  One told me that he had seen patients with sarcoidosis with this and tha my most likely was caused by the sarcoidosis working on my audio nerve.  Since that time I have had other hearing test from the oil company that I worked for.  They checked our ears every year and always told me the same thing that I did not hear high pitched sounds from my left ear.  They even, after the first hearing test from them, they even sent me to another doctor for another hearing test.  Results alway the same.
--I have had ringing in my ears for a long time, since about 1968.  Right after I was diagnosed with the sarcoidosis a hearing test revealed that I did not hear high pitched sounds from my left ear.  I had 2 different doctors at that time tell me this.  One told me that he had seen patients with sarcoidosis with this and tha my most likely was caused by the sarcoidosis working on my audio nerve.  Since that time I have had other hearing test from the oil company that I worked for.  They checked our ears every year and always told me the same thing that I did not hear high pitched sounds from my left ear.  They even, after the first hearing test from them, they even sent me to another doctor for another hearing test.  Results alway the same.
+Since I have been on the MP the ringing has gotten about 90-95% better(some days no ringing at all) and on hearing high pitched sounds, I have noticed that when I am listening to music I hear sounds in the music that I have never noticed before.  But I have not had a hearing test since about spring of 1991.
-Since I have been on the MP the ringing has gotten about 90-95% better(some days no ringing at all) and on hearing high pitched sounds, I have noticed that when I am listening to music I hear sounds in the music that I have never noticed before.  But I have not had a hearing test since about spring of 1991. ~Freddie Ash
+//**Freddie Ash**, MarshallProtocol.com//</blockquote>
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 Except that about two years ago I suddenly realized that I was using that ear for the telephone again. Sure enough, the hearing has come back, and, if anything, the left is now better than the right ear.
-I started enjoying music again. All my old CDs have been converted to MP3, and I am just starting to listen to classical choral music again (did I tell you that Liz and I were both in the University Choral Society while undergrads?)
+I started enjoying music again. All my old CDs have been converted to MP3, and I am just starting to listen to classical choral music again (did I tell you that Liz and I were both in the University Choral Society while undergrads?).
 //**Trevor**, MarshallProtocol.com//</blockquote>
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 ===== Drainage ====
-- I saw my Doc this morning and the perforation is totally healed.  We are now both happy to let the IP proceed until the ear is clear of CWB.  It had repeatedly perforated over the last 50 days so we there was some concern about permanent damage to my hearing but it is clear that it heals perfectly. I expect the ear to continue draining through the ear drum again.  I will simply palliate and allow it to do it's thing.  The discharging ear is tolerable but worry about hearingimpairment is not. ~scarab
+<blockquote>I saw my Doc this morning and the perforation is totally healed.  We are now both happy to let the IP proceed until the ear is clear of CWB.  It had repeatedly perforated over the last 50 days so we there was some concern about permanent damage to my hearing but it is clear that it heals perfectly. I expect the ear to continue draining through the ear drum again.  I will simply palliate and allow it to do it's thing.  The discharging ear is tolerable but worry about hearingimpairment is not.
-===== Heartbeat heard in ears =====
+//**scarab**, MarshallProtocol.com//</blockquote>
-The 'heartbeat' you hear in your ear is called [[http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/hearing/tinnitus.htm|pulsitile tinnitus]]. This article states, "Pulsatile tinnitus is usually due to a small blood vessel that is coupled by fluid to your ear drum. It is usually nothing serious and also untreatable." Of course, we believe that tinnitus is due to Th1 inflammation and will resolve with the MP.
-===== Vertigo =====
-Patients experiences
--I have suffered from chronic ear infections since childhood, had the tubes in etc. I've told several of my doctors over the years that I believed I had the same infection that never went away but that was always dismissed. I've also suspected that this chronic infection has played some role in my developing "autoimmune" disease. Then recently I found this article in Science Daily reporting that persistent biofilm bacteria are now suspected in chronic ear infections. I found this quote particularly interesting:
+===== Heartbeat heard in ears =====
-"It appears that in many cases recurrent disease stems not from re-infection as was previously thought and which forms the basis for conventional treatment, but from a persistent biofilm,"
-Here's a link to the full story if you're interested: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060712075834.htm
-As far as my experience so far, I had my ears become painful and infected once early in the protocol and was prescribed antibiotic drops. The symptoms faded after a while and I haven't had another bad infection in them since. I still have congestion in them now and then but no pain. I do have some tinnitis that started after a particularly bad infection that burst my eardrum in my teens and it has increased and decreased  a few times but not yet gone away for me. I'm just a little over a year into the protocol though. I (luckily) don't have signifcant hearing loss from all this so can't comment on that in particular... ~NorCalJim
+The "heartbeat" you hear in your ear is called [[http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/hearing/tinnitus.htm|pulsitile tinnitus]]. Pulsatile tinnitus is usually due to a small blood vessel that is coupled by fluid to your ear drum. It is usually nothing serious and also untreatable. This should resolve with the MP.
--Tried a few drops of the diprosone in each ear, and it calmed down the eczema almost completely. Fantastic. Won't need to use it for awhile, if again. ~ Honey

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