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Kimmiepooh

Updated 1y ago

Help! My Ear is Blocked and Hurts

I have a question for y'all. Have any of you ever had a blocked ear? My right ear is totally blocked. I can't hear out of it and it hurts. It's so annoying. It is really messing with my anxiety too. Do y'all know any remedies? Thank you 🥰

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Hortense

2y

Recently I was at the Dr for a checkup and they noticed that my ears both were blocked with wax I couldn't reach with a qtip. They flushed them out on the office for me.
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Kimmiepooh

2y

I'm hoping I can get medical care soon too. Thank you.
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Heaven197987

2y

don't use qtips that's what happens
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NervousDepresso

2y

Put several drops of peroxide in your ear and plug the opening of your ear with about half of a cotton ball to keep everything in, and try your best to sit or lay with that ear pointed up. Give it at least an hour or 2 before removing the cotton. Then use one of those blue bulbs(the ones people use a lot for suctioning the boogers out of babys noses) to gently flush out your ear canal with warm water. Have someone help you out if you aren't comfortable trying it on your own. You can find the blue bulbs for a few bucks in any store's pharmacy department if you dont already have one. I had A LOT of problems with my ears when I was growing up, and I did this all the time
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Kimmiepooh

2y

thank you. I got one of those bulbs. I'm gonna get some peroxide and try it.
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Clue

2y

this is great advice. I’ve done it several times
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Changes93

2y

Urgent Care will take care of you rite away
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OverwhelmedBard

2y

A mix of room temp water and peroxide in the ear, hold for a few seconds then tilt the ear over a towel and let mixture drain, it might need repeated a couple of times c:
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sabbymer

2y

Peroxide helps mine but yeah I half hear in both sometimes. It acts up the same as my sinuses it's annoying cause I can't hear my volume
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Kimmiepooh

2y

Thank you for the advice everybody. I see some of y'all say peroxide so I am gonna do that next. My father has some that he is going to give me.
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FinnWren

2y

when this happened to me I went to the Dr and they irrigated my ear which worked very well and even felt good.
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Sushena

2y

I've often used Wally's ear candles. But online.
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carter._.16

2y

A warm compress could help!
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Student_girl

2y

Get them flushed asap or you might get an infection. Speaking from unfortunate experience :)
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Kimmiepooh

2y

Thank you so much everyone! Y'all have been very helpful.
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Hortense

2y

I just remembered that my Dr told me to use mineral oil twice a week. A couple drops in each ear to keep the wax soft . Once you get things sorted, you may want to try that
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Ai.den

2y

I recommend going to a pharmacy and buy earwax softener it’s safer than trying to make your own concoction because too much peroxide in the ear can be a bad thing.
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AvaAdoreSoma

2y

My left eardrum has burst many times due to this very thing. Ever since the fifth grade ugh. What I've found works really well is a concoction that was given to me by the herbalist. It's basically just simmering garlic in olive oil, straining it, letting it cool and using it, a couple drops at a time, in the infected ear. Garlic is a natural antibiotic. It used to be I'd pop it on a hot water bag just to get the relief! But ever since I've started the garlic, I've been able to avoid the ER. I pray for your relief soon, I know how much that s**t hurts.
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AvaAdoreSoma

2y

Please don't use too much peroxide. That seems to be the general consensus, just please be careful.
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Kimmiepooh

2y

Thank you everyone for the advice! ❤️
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Leelee47

2y

This might sound stupid but take a few shots of benedryl
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pvnkg1rl75

2y

There's drops called Debrox for wax that might work.
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AuntSquirm

2y

Mine finally fixed when I had my septiplasty

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