Your mum is going to A&E which is NOT the right dept. She needs to go to ENT urgently!!
I was in and out of hospital for months before making it to ENT and they said if they had seen me sooner they could have cured my balance. I went suddenly deaf following the death of my father, and I have really loud tinnitus that prevents me sleeping.
ENT checked for brain damage and tumours with a full brain scan. They also sorted out a hearing aid and noise devices to put under my pillow. Hopefully, this is just temporary following the blow to the head but make sure she gets to the right dept.
A&E is the same as a GP! Get to the specialist dept.
Good luck, please let me know if/when she gets sorted.
Been away from here for a while because I've been tidying up my flat at uni and my mum's been at a conference in Finland for a few days (11th-18th) and then helping me move out the last couple of days (only got back this afternoon, 20.6).
Turns out it was an ear infection! IIRC, she was advised to take antibiotics for a couple of days before she flew out, and the doctor advised hayfever nasal spray and painkillers on the flight (both for that and a recently sprained ankle) and found she had almost no problems.
By sheer luck, the doctor she saw had recently been to an ENT conference and was given advice along those lines.
The first nurse who saw her had a look at her head and ears and was a bit worried, so she called over Mr. Conference to double check and he diagnosed the ear infection.
I don't know how I got there but a nurse who works in ENT told me to go in. Please phone and try to make an appointment for her or ask them can you walk in. I'd assume that as it's to do with her hearing you could go there. Act dumb and just arrive! The quicker you get there the faster she gets help before permanent damage sets in - which is what happened to me!!
Don't wait on your GP referring her. If he says he will, tell her to sit there until he gives her a letter as a walk in - she can't wait on all the admin and bureaucracy.
As you are in the UK the law states that you cannot be refused to be seen if you are on the Practice premises. Your mum needs to REFUSE to leave without being seen!! Do not let them fob her off!!
Thinking about her I'm just wondering if the bruising is causing some pressure inside her head that's blocking her hearing - otherwise it could be nerve damage going to the brain.
Go sit in ENT and refuse to leave without seeing a consultant.
IIN to have tinnitus and blocked ears a week after a head injury?
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Your mum is going to A&E which is NOT the right dept. She needs to go to ENT urgently!!
I was in and out of hospital for months before making it to ENT and they said if they had seen me sooner they could have cured my balance. I went suddenly deaf following the death of my father, and I have really loud tinnitus that prevents me sleeping.
ENT checked for brain damage and tumours with a full brain scan. They also sorted out a hearing aid and noise devices to put under my pillow. Hopefully, this is just temporary following the blow to the head but make sure she gets to the right dept.
A&E is the same as a GP! Get to the specialist dept.
Good luck, please let me know if/when she gets sorted.
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Hi!
Been away from here for a while because I've been tidying up my flat at uni and my mum's been at a conference in Finland for a few days (11th-18th) and then helping me move out the last couple of days (only got back this afternoon, 20.6).
Turns out it was an ear infection! IIRC, she was advised to take antibiotics for a couple of days before she flew out, and the doctor advised hayfever nasal spray and painkillers on the flight (both for that and a recently sprained ankle) and found she had almost no problems.
By sheer luck, the doctor she saw had recently been to an ENT conference and was given advice along those lines.
The first nurse who saw her had a look at her head and ears and was a bit worried, so she called over Mr. Conference to double check and he diagnosed the ear infection.
She's now absolutely fine.
Thanks for the concern, though
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That's great!
It's a rotten thing to live with long term - have lost faith with the medical service.
I thought that only a GP or A&E can refer you to a specialist department like ENT. I didn't know there was a way you could just go right to them.
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I don't know how I got there but a nurse who works in ENT told me to go in. Please phone and try to make an appointment for her or ask them can you walk in. I'd assume that as it's to do with her hearing you could go there. Act dumb and just arrive! The quicker you get there the faster she gets help before permanent damage sets in - which is what happened to me!!
Don't wait on your GP referring her. If he says he will, tell her to sit there until he gives her a letter as a walk in - she can't wait on all the admin and bureaucracy.
Best of luck!!
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As you are in the UK the law states that you cannot be refused to be seen if you are on the Practice premises. Your mum needs to REFUSE to leave without being seen!! Do not let them fob her off!!
Thinking about her I'm just wondering if the bruising is causing some pressure inside her head that's blocking her hearing - otherwise it could be nerve damage going to the brain.
Go sit in ENT and refuse to leave without seeing a consultant.