AN Ear Itching

[terisandler]

I had CK last May and my AN ear began to itch in September.  The itching was tolerable until I started wearing a hearing aid with a custom ear mold in that ear.  The itch has become quite uncomfortable and I wonder if it might be one of those delayed reactions to radiation.  Taking Benadryl helps and I was just given an Rx for some type of cortisone cream.  Anybody else have this issue?

[arizonajack]

I don't think it has anything to do with the radiation or your brain would itch on the inside. 

I think it's just the irritation from having a foreign object in your ear.

I have the Cros and Audeo. The Cros is in my dead ear with a custom mold and that never bothers me.

The Audeo is in my good ear and that's where I get the irritation from inserting the unit. When it bothers me I scratch it, then it gets raw, then scabs up, then I pick at it. Vicious cycle.

I have had some good results with cortisone cream or antibiotic ointment from the drugstore but I don't often think about using it.

Oh well, just one more bear that we have to cross.

 

[terisandler]

Actually, my ear started itching long before I got the Bolero with the custom mold but it seems to be significantly itchier since last Monday when I picked up the unit.   Another reason to be disappointed I couldn't get approval for a BAHA...