Water in my ear....

[beanzontoast]

Not to alarm you, but I once had the same thing happen after swimming one morning on holiday. I thought I'd just got some water in it and it would clear up.

Ear felt hot and swollen by next morning and the canal was completely closed up. By lunchtime, the side of my face had begun to swell and my ear had become really painful. Tried eardrops from the chemist - just made it worse. Ended up going to docs twice in 24 hours for 2 different lots of antibiotics and eardrops as well. Took a week for the swelling to go down. Doc said they just caught it in time to prevent the eardrum perforating.

Keep an eye on it!

 

[Yellow Fang]

I had this problem for months. My GP was relunctant to let me have my ears syringed and just prescibed ear drops, which didn't do any good. Although when he did arrange an appointment with the nurse to syringe them, I missed it for some reason. I read on the internet how swimmers used to use vinegar. I didn't have any vinegar so I used white spirit. Boy, did that hurt. I eventually syringed it myself using a syringe for applying teeth whitener. All sorts of horrid gunk came out.

 

[Greedo]

Try this!

 

[swee'pea99]

I read on the internet how swimmers used to use vinegar. I didn't have any vinegar so I used white spirit. Boy, did that hurt. I eventually syringed it myself using a syringe for applying teeth whitener. All sorts of horrid gunk came out.

That is one of the most deranged things I've ever read on this board. You didn't have any vinegar so you put white spirit in your ear? What are you, mad?

 

[Yellow Fang]

It wasn't one of my best ever ideas.

 

[palinurus]

 

[Mr Phoebus]

[quote name='swee'pea99']That is one of the most deranged things I've ever read on this board. You didn't have any vinegar so you put white spirit in your ear? What are you, mad?[/QUOTE]

An old car key is best.

 

[derall]

I have tried poking around in there, but remember an audiologst once telling me that you should not put anything in your ear that was smaller than your elbow.

Indeed. I am an Audiologist, and that is definitely the best advice.

Now I am going to hide in a darkened room and pretend that I didn't read any of the other posts on this thread

 

[Abitrary]

I had the same problem and eventually went to the doctor.

He advised me that the best way to suck the water out was to quickly plunge your head in and out of a bucket of water.

 

[gratts]

White spirit. Brilliant - an inspired choice!

When the water does come out your ear it may well be the best experience of your life. Especially if you're cold at the time. It's all warm and satisfyingly trickles out!

 

[Speicher]

My right ear seems to have gone a bit peculiar. ()

Sometimes it feels like all the little hairs in my ear are standing on end and vibrating, or that someone is blowing very warm air into my ear.
It seems to be related to noise, in that I notice it if there is a constant burrr or hummm sort of noise in the background, like the fan of a computer. Has anyone else had this sensation? It is just the one ear.

 

[swee'pea99]

Fill it with white spirit, maybe that'll sort it out.

 

[02GF74]

.... and then throw a lighted match into it .....

 

[swee'pea99]

Now that sounds a little unwise. There's an audiologist on this thread, perhaps he could comment...

 

[Fnaar]

Water in your ear?
You need a tap on the shoulder
(gets coat, goes out mumbling)