Home Remedies: Blocked Ear

[Blatant]

That about says it all. My left ear is blocked, clogged etc. For those of you that get blocked ears, how do you get them unblocked?

thx!

[Tippster]

Decongestant, like Claritin D. Always look for the "D" - otherwise it's only an antihistimine.

[Blatant]

yeah but i'm thinking it's wax....never had this issue before.

[fez]

it happened to me once, wrecked a jet ski at over 50 mph. impacted the wax into my ear, couldnt hear a damn thing out of one ear. i went to university health services, they put some sort of baby laxative in my ear to soften the plug then flushed it out with water pressure.

i guess that isnt a home remedy though.

[dr_scrotus]

If you think it's just wax, you can buy wax removal drops at a pharmacy.

[St. Jerry]

Had this happen. Went to the ear doctor and he just flusshed it out with higher pressure water spray.

But if you can't make it to the Dr., go to the drug store. You can by a kit that includes some drops that disolve the wax and also includes a little rubber pump like thing that you use for flushing the gunk out of your ear. You could also use your shower head to create a high pressure spray for your ear. High pressure warm water does the trick.

[oftpiste]

Had this happen. Went to the ear doctor and he just flusshed it out with higher pressure water spray.

But if you can't make it to the Dr., go to the drug store. You can by a kit that includes some drops that disolve the wax and also includes a little rubber pump like thing that you use for flushing the gunk out of your ear. You could also use your shower head to create a high pressure spray for your ear. High pressure warm water does the trick.

Don't get the pressure too high or your brain will come out the other ear.

[hutash]

Total home remedy...a few drops of warm olive oil in ear, with ear up so it will run down into the canal. After a few minutes put some cotton in your ear and wait an hour or two. Next flush you ear with warm water. A syringe, bulb syringe (like used to suck snot out of a babies nose), even water-pic set to low will work. Put a cup under your ear to catch the water as it runs out. After a few rounds, you should get some lovely chunks of wax out of you ear, or brain matter, which ever is softer.

[MadMatt]

If it's really bad, a ENT can snake it out.

[phUnk]

If you think it's just wax, you can buy wax removal drops at a pharmacy.

Why buy ear wax removal drops to remove ear wax when you ask people for advice on the internet instead?

[Speedfreak]

Same remedy as Hutash, but with hydrogen peroxide.

[DamRepublican]

I say a firecracker would do just fine, hearing is overrated anyway but I'm biased, I lost half my hearing in high school from stupid, stupid shit.

[Vets]

Ear candles. They work.

[BirdDawg]

Ear candles. They work.

yep.........That's what I was going to say.

[flowtron]

For hardcore blockage, ear candles wont' do it..at least in my experience.
Theres stuff at the pharmacy called Debrox or something close to that, which worked well for me. Couple drops of that, stick a cotton ball in and lie down on yer side with the clogged ear up for about 30min. The sit up straight.
It may take a few sessions to fully clear it where it won't go if you sleep on that side again. But thats whats worked for me.

[mntlion]

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[snowsprite]

How do you know you don't have an ear infection? I mean, a bug could have crawled into your ear and it is festering there now. Just sayin'...you ought to have it checked out, dooderonemous!

Of course it could just be earwax in which case don't do a thing about it b/c that shiznit is the best for de-foaming freshly poured beer. Ayup.

Sprite

[nopainnojane]

Bulb syringe from the RX works everytime for me. A few cycles with that and a big clump of wax falls out. Sweet relief.

[Vicious]

Ear candles. They work.

Even if your ears don't feel blocked, it's amazing what ear candles will suck out of your head.

[greenroom]

Ear candles. They work.

My bro was raving about these ear candles. I tried one and sure enough there was a pile of orange waxy shit in the bottom of the cone.

He says, " see I told you they get that shit out"


I said I wanted to try a test.

I placed one so it only was sucking air, burnt it to the same spot as the prior one.
Sure nuff it looked exactly the same in the cone bottom, as the one I burned in my ear.

Those things are bogus.


Make an ear salad:
First olive oil and if you have a wax build up.
Flush with warm water and good pressure to get the wax out.
Vinegar is the last ingredient. This will dry the water in your ear so you don't get an infection.

Are you sure it is wax?

I have surfers ear which caused me to trap water in my ears frequently.
This trapped water clogs the canal, can't hear, then it can get infected. Pain.
The vinegar is all I ever need to dry it up. After each sesh.
Gets to infected state, time fer meds.
Good luck.

[tele.savalas]

Same remedy as Hutash, but with hydrogen peroxide.

i actually went to an insta-care to cure this malady once. i laid my head on a pillow while they used warm water/hydro-peroxide and let it soak in my ear for about fifteen minutes. after that, they syringe-flushed (with a large syringe)my ear, using warm water only. huge wax plug came out and i could hear from that ear once again. good luck.

[splat]

I had a perforated eardrum, didn't know it, and poured hydrogen peroxide in it.
The pain was insane when it hit my inner ear.
I'm talkin perch on the dock writhing in pain.
I ended up getting a tympanoplasty -twice- after blowing it out driving up to kw to get my pass ten days after the first surgery. About eight years of nightmare ear problems.
A good way to keep your ear canal clean is to let the showerhead flush it.

[philippeR]

I have chronic ear blockage caused by excesses of wax (why is irrelevant to the thread). If you're positive that it's caused by wax, yes, go to a drugstore and buy drops (duh). It may not be enough though.
But I' suggest you see a doctor first. If your eardrum is perforated, you don't want to do as Splat.
Shit, go to a doctor anyway. You obvioulsy don't know what you're doing.

[bklyn]

Just let the doctor do it. I had to have an ear flushed out once, the volume of gunk that came out was startling.

[irul&ublo]