If doctor puts a stethoscope to your ear, he can hear the ocean. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Scott wrote: >> >> Maybe the title of the blog entry should have been, 'How a Hairstylist >> saved my life' - its more accurate. >> > > Speaking of anecdotes ... > > I just read a story yesterday about a lawyer who all of sudden got > tinnitus and it drove him nuts; couldn't sleep etc. > > Doctors performed all kinds of tests, MRIs, MROs, MRUs, MOUSE all > fine, 'you have tinnitus, live with it'. The whooshing sound is > driving him nuts. > > He finds another doc a long drive away and the doc sticks a > stethoscope to his ear. Nobody else had thought to do that. He hears > the sound. Uh oh. > > Turns out the guy had taken some meds for a stomach condition and > threw up violently. During one of these bouts he hyper extended his > neck and pinched his jugular which had pooled blood in his ear cavity > which, it turns out, sudden onset tinnitus is a classic symptom of. > > Good news: we can fix your tinnitus. Bad news: you're lucky you > didn't have a stroke and die, and fixing this is going to be tricky. > > Luckily they stented his neck and he's better now. > > Scary. > >
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