It was reported that the vns patient has had adverse events ever since she was implanted.It was reported that patient has had earache and inflamed tonsils, especially on the left side, as well as terrible lethargy.It was reported that the device output current was gradually increased but the patient then complained of severe earache and pain in her tonsil, the output current was then decreased to 0.50ma which relieved patient's pain tremendously.It was reported that the patient was treated for tonsillitis with earache, which treatment was inefficacious.Patient is planned for a week long in hospital tests at the beginning of march 2016.Additional information was received that patient has had episode of tonsillitis before vns implant, but not tinnitus.The pain started when the stimulation was switched on.The earache occurs when the device stimulates and continues.The patient was treated for tonsillitis because the tonsil was inflamed, but it was not necessarily diagnosed as tonsillitis.When the stimulation was switched on, the doctor could actually see it affecting the tonsil on the left.It was reported that device diagnostic test gave normal results.
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