Lost hearing?

[Alessandra]

My ear has been plugging up since yesterday morning. Now before you fucks say 'clean your ears', I did this. This is what CAUSED my ears to plug. I've tried everything. Peroxide, some ear cleaner dealie (but it was expired. Yeah, the parents keep expired medicine...), anything I do only lets me hear a little. After awhile, it 'clicks' and I'm back to muffles. WTF?? I really don't want to see a doctor for this (just to have them say "hay, earwax, noob"), any suggestions?

[skunk]

An earwax candle couldn't hurt.

[Alessandra]

where can I pick one of those up? I was pondering trying one, but Im not sure where to get one

[Ducky]

Almost sounds like an infections with a bit of 'swimmer's ear'. The 'clicking' sound that you're hearing is probably liquid buildup.

If you don't want to head to the doc's (pay $$) then ask the pharmacist if he or she can suggest an over the counter remedy. If that's the case, and they can give you something, lay on your side (plugged ear up) and put drops or whatever in. Then wait a few mins for the meds to settle and loosen what's in there. Get a tissue waiting to catch the liquid when you sit up.

The other thing that popped into mind, was candle ear waxing. I've never tried it myself, but I've heard a numerous stories about it working.

[Alessandra]

im heading out of the house in 20 mins, I just need to know where to go for the candle.

[Alessandra]

also

http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html

says it doesnt work. (candles)

[Alessandra]

http://www.emaxhealth.com/113/1/24367.html

"Don't use Ear Candles to Clean Ear Wax"

Looks like I may have to go to the dr.

[pack3tg0st]

I have Eustatian tube dysfunction, which means that one of my eustatian tubes doesn't drain... like at all...

One of the things that's always helped me is a netti pot with warm water...

but, yours might be different... my blockage for my ear is closer to my mouth than my actual ear...

[Alessandra]

with these drops it says 'several minutes'... wtf

[pack3tg0st]

lol I know where your at chii...

its been non-stop for me for almost 10 years...

I've been on everything and tried everything...

I Imagine yours is less serious than mine though...

try a warm compress on the side of your neck where the ear is plugged...

any sensations accompany the deafness?

what does everything sound like?

[Alessandra]

lol I know where your at chii...

its been non-stop for me for almost 10 years...

I've been on everything and tried everything...

I Imagine yours is less serious than mine though...

try a warm compress on the side of your neck where the ear is plugged...

any sensations accompany the deafness?

what does everything sound like?

no sensations really. Just being annoyed, mainly because everythings muffled, I can barely hear anything, and it feels like my ear is full of something. =\

[pack3tg0st]

Yah, that doesn't sound like what I got :P

my ear feels normal... but everything sounds muffled... but my blockage isn't in my ear... its in my Eustatian tube...

anyway, warm compress might help get things moving too...

[theeindiee]

http://www.emaxhealth.com/113/1/24367.html

"Don't use Ear Candles to Clean Ear Wax"

Looks like I may have to go to the dr.

I was about to say..... GREAT PAINNN..... that shit is a joke, and it will give you the WORST ear infection of your life. My mother dabbled, mainly used my ears as guinea pig ears.... GREAT PAIN!!!!

[theeindiee]

I've read that high anxiety can tighten the passageways and cause your ears to plug up.

[Alessandra]

Im pretty baked now so its not anxiety :lol:

[Lexion]

Huh ?

[Oblivion]

ok heres what you need to do.

the clicking is the earwax moving around, its real sticky stuff.

for the first 24hr you need to put drops of cooking oil in your ear. any cooking oil, it does not matter. then give them a rub to move it around as much as possible
keep re-applying a few drops of cooking oil regularly. it feels absolutely disgusting but you need to get a lot of moisture back into the wax so it can slide out easily.

then you can go to the dr and have them syringed out, or just buy a large syringe (no needle)
get a steep sided yet small bowl or container, put below your ear to catch all the crap and lean your head so it all flows out into the bowl.

use the syringe and a fair amount of water pressure and it'll loosen up and slide right out.

my dusty workplace once caused a slug of earwax the size of a ciggy butt to need flushing out.. almost made me puke it was so black

[lala]

If you go to the doctor they will syringe your ear . . . not pleasent, but thats if its a build up of wax . . . some use warmed baby oil . . . as said above it just need lossing . . . do be carefull as you can perforate your ear drum . . . which can take some time to fix . . .try leaning your head to the side once you oiled it and jump up and down to help lossen, make you look silly, that how I get water out of my ears . . .