Flare Causing Hearing Problems?? Headaches??

March 23, 2007

Hi everybody -

As I wrote I think last week, I'm on the tail end of my first " flare "

of Still's. I was diagnosed in October 2005 and by March of '06, we

had things under control and I did well until Jan 07 when I caught a

cold that turned into pneumonia - which they think triggered the flare.

Anyhow, back when I was diagnosed, I had this horrible ringing in my

ears, which made it very hard to hear. Everyone sounded like a duck!!

Quack, quack! Well, it's BA-ACK! I can't hear a damned thing,

everyone sounds like a flippin' duck, and my ears have this

high-pitched ring that's like a jet roaring in my ears.

Is this hearing problem a normal part of a Still's flare?

How about headaches - bad ones that last for days. I got one Wed.

afternoon and by Wed evening when the first Tylonol I took wore off, I

was ready to confess to all the great crimes of the world! I've still

got the headache, but it's mostly under control, thanks to religious

doses of Tylenol at exactly 6 hr. intervals for the past 36 hrs.

Are these headaches a typical component to a Still's flare??

Thanks in advance for your replies. Hope everyone is on the upswing!

Regards,

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