# Does anyone have trouble with "Itchy Eustachian Tubes"

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**Created:** [January 13, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-trouble-with-itchy-eustachian-tubes/678685 "2014-01-13T18:33:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-trouble-with-itchy-eustachian-tubes/678685/1 "2014-01-13T18:33:00Z")

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That feeling of itchiness between your throat and your ear that you just can’t scratch?

I’ve seen a lot of “remedies” online and possible causes for it.

Has anyone actually had theirs checked out?

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**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-trouble-with-itchy-eustachian-tubes/678685/2 "2014-01-13T18:41:07Z")

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I kind of have one right now. I’ve never investigated it at all, just thought it was an annoying thing that happens sometimes.

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**Author:** ![sweeteviljesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-trouble-with-itchy-eustachian-tubes/678685/3 "2014-01-13T20:37:53Z")

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I get that from time to time as part of an allergy to ashe juniper pollen.

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**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-trouble-with-itchy-eustachian-tubes/678685/4 "2014-01-13T20:39:55Z")

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I’m going to have to set up an appointment with an allergist. This has drove me crazy for years. It hits me all of a sudden. I work up in the middle of the night last night sneezing and runny nose and ears itching. It was miserable. No cause that I can think of.