Q Clicking in my right ear
There are N number of causes that can be blamed for clicking in ear. It can be as simple as an earwax plaque blocking the ear passage to hormonal disturbances or thyroid gland disorders. If this clicking is continuous, not alleviating anytime, not letting you sleep, rest or concentrate, and there seems no apparent cause behind it, then your can consider this as tinnitus. If it is recently appeared, low pitched and you have history of common cold or sinusitis before that, then is likely due to inflammatory fluid in middle ear cavity. If you experience this only while swallowing or chewing, then it can be due to TM joint dysfunction. If it is irregular, lasting for few minutes or for some time and going off on its own, it can be due to muscle spams around ear. It can also originate from problems with blood vessels or blood supply to the ear. Eustachian tube dysfunction can be another reason to cause abnormal sounds in ear. More severe conditions giving rise to this complaint are: noise induced hearing loss, starting of deafness, ear or sinus infections, Miners disease brain tumours, diseases of heart and blood vessels etc. Many a times sound in ear does not bear any fatal underlying condition, and it can be there without any cause. But it is always better to evaluate this properly to hear what your ear is trying to tell you. You can schedule an appointment with your ENT if your clicking does not subside on its own, if it is too loud to disturb you while asleep or while concentrating, if it is affecting your work or daily routine, if you are facing any emotional disturbance or anxiety because of it, any new symptoms develop with it, if it is associated with hearing loss.