Earache?

wabmester

I've been making ketones without really trying (please don't hate me), and I think I'm having some mild symptoms of adaptation. Yesterday, I was feeling a bit tired and had a mild earache. This was after a pretty good workout. Took a nap, felt better, and the earache was gone.

Curious, I googled and found a couple of ketotonic earache hits. It might just be totally random and nothing to do with ketones, but I figured I'd ask:

Anybody get an earache as part of your keto flu?

Maybe some bacteria starved of sugar screaming in my ear? I just found it odd.

KnitOrMiss

I got some, but it was mostly sinus related and was still really windy when I adapted (and I'm really sensitive to wind driven earaches), so I didn't notice that it was adaptation specific... I just went with fat loading, sodium loading, and ignoring calories and waited for everything to level out... LOL

GrannyMayOz

Yes, I had an ear ache along with blocked sinuses and a bit of a cough for 3 days. I only had the ear ache in my damaged ear, the other one was fine.

wabmester

Now that you mention it, I was feeling some mild sinus pressure too. Apparently, we're starving yeast of sugar, not bacteria.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/479053-sugars-effects-on-the-sinuses/

GrannyMayOz

Fantastic article - getting straight to the point and not waffling on. That explains why I always used to choke when I cleaned my teeth and don't do that now. I always had thick mucous in my throat, it was just a permanent thing that I can remember having since childhood. I'd only considered perhaps it was a dairy intolerance when I ever bothered to think about it, but that has made the little light bulb go on over my head, thank you (*)

Glad yours was short-lasting Wabmester.

wabmester

I think I'm starting to dig ketones. The lack of glucose is probably clearing out a low-grade chronic sinus infection I've had for a while.

Either that or I'm getting a cold.

glossbones

Yeah I had some sinus-like symptoms during the first week of LCHF. The earache is from my new piercings.

Twibbly

wabmester wrote: »

Now that you mention it, I was feeling some mild sinus pressure too. Apparently, we're starving yeast of sugar, not bacteria.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/479053-sugars-effects-on-the-sinuses/

I am totally taking that in to my next appointment. My ears have felt fuzzy ever since I started thinking about low carb, it seems. I also have issues with the adrenals, and apparently that can work against it as well.

wheatlessgirl66

Reading this thread made me realize that the choking gunk that had been living in my throat for ages isn't there anymore! Awesome! Been feeling sinus pressure though. I hope I'm starving the livin' daylights out of my fungal yeast.

KnitOrMiss

My fiance has nerve/hearing damage, but it flares worse and better at times. I hope he'll actually read this article and consider what he's doing to himself supposedly managing hypoglycemia by drinking pepsi constantly.