I was cleaning my ear last night with a q tip and woke in the middle of the night with a plugged ear ?!
Question: I was cleaning my ear last night with a q tip and woke in the middle of the night with a plugged ear .?
does any one have any sound medical advise to clear this up.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Using q-tips cleans the wax in your outer ear, but pushes the rest of it even further back into your ear, packing your ear with more and more earwax over time, clogging your ear.
Try using over the counter ear wax drops according to the directions on the box and instead of using q-tips to clean your ears, let warm water run into your ears when you take your showers. Use a tissue to dry your ears afterwards, and stop using q-tips.
If you have pain, dizziness, fever drainage from your ears or other symptoms, call your doctor. Health Question & Answer
Try using over the counter ear wax drops according to the directions on the box and instead of using q-tips to clean your ears, let warm water run into your ears when you take your showers. Use a tissue to dry your ears afterwards, and stop using q-tips.
If you have pain, dizziness, fever drainage from your ears or other symptoms, call your doctor. Health Question & Answer
I'll second Kelly's advice, but add that if it doesn't clear up with just using the over-the-counter ear wax remover, you might consider taking something like Mucinex-D, which will help open up the tissues surrounding your eustachian tube. Once you have a plugged ear, the area behind the tympanic membrane often gets fluid in it to compensate for the pressure coming from the outside. It will drain better with a bit of help from Mucinex. Health Question & Answer
Stopping whinning at your wife, and go get the medicine you need and take care of it already.Health Question & Answer