I have cotton in my ears
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
September 25, 2018 9:17pm CST
No, I actually have cotton in my ears.
Well ear to be exact. It aches. I put ear relief drops in it already, but that only helped for a little while. The cotton seems to sort of help, but it still aches.
I also took an allergy pill. Not that I expect it to do much, but it might do a little to help.
What do you do for an ear ache?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
This ear has been sensitive for years. I think it was the use of an earphone that made it worse.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
@Mavic123456 While I am sure you are being kind, I really don't like when people tell me to see a doctor. I do not like doctors.
As it is, my ear no longer aches. A doctor's appointment would have been a waste.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
27 Sep 18
I don't do anything, unless it lasts days then I go to the doctors and get medicine.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
27 Sep 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum same thats why i only go if still mot well days later
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
It has gone away, luckily. I am just glad that an old co-worker suggested these drops to me a few years ago.
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@LadyDuck (458085)
• Switzerland
27 Sep 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum I am glad to know that the drops worked.
@RasmaSandra (73407)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Sep 18
Hope your ear feels much better soon. When I have had an earache I have soaked cotton with camphor oil which greatly helps.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
I don't have the box that this ear ache relief came in, but I'm going to look at the bottle and see if it says what it is in it. It's a homeopathic ear drop from simalsan. This has homeopathic chamomilia, Mercurius Solublis, Sulphur and vegetable glycerin.
I think I've heard something of mineral oil, and witch hazel but those might be for cleaning the ear out.
I will look into getting camphor oil as well, in case this doesn't do the trick.
I think I irritated this ear by putting an earbud in it earlier.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
It is my left ear that was aching yesterday.
I wrap a blanket around my ears to keep the air from coming into them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
It is not build up of wax. I have had this trouble with my ear for several years. It is sensitive to cold air. I also had an earbud in it several times today which made it ache.
As for doctors? No Thank You.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
I never experienced that at all. So I have no idea. But if that happens to me I'll sure visit my EENT Doctor.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
I do not visit doctor's myself.
The ear ache has gone away.
@jstory07 (134456)
• Roseburg, Oregon
26 Sep 18
I put some peroxide in my ear and that really helps.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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26 Sep 18
I used to get really bad earache when I was little. Then nothing for years. Then *BOOM* I got one again. I think I simply applied heat to it. I haven't had another one since, but I think the cold affects my ears more than anything else.
Hope it stops aching soon!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
The cold is what gets to my ears as well. An old co-worker suggested I try simalasan Ear Ache Drops. It's a homeopathic ear drop, and I think it's either made in Sweden or is a Swedish company. The one who recommended it to me said she used to get ear aches as a child, and sometimes as an adult. This helped her immensely.
@Plethos (13560)
• United States
26 Sep 18
i used to get ear aches a lot in the winter when i was a kid. i think thats why i wear a hat a lot now and clean my ears at least twice a day with a q-tip. i used to wear a beanie over my ears when it was cold. i try not to use earphones that go in the ear canal. i like the ones that either go on the outside , like the pill shaped ones, or just the over the ears headphones.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
I think I may have damaged the drum just enough for it to be sensitive to cold now. I don't know whether that's the case or not, but I have a homeopathic ear drop that helps me a lot. I also put a blanket around my ears whilst sleeping to keep the cold air away.
I did use earphones yesterday and I think that's what set this off.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
26 Sep 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum - youprobably put it in too much to where it irritated your ear drum. get some over the ear headphones. i dont like using the inner ear ones, if i do used them i make sure they are not in that much. most feel too big anyways.
@Melanie_Marie (1774)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
26 Sep 18
Amber, I have endless problems with my ears too. Either I feel something "shifting around" in one of them (always afraid it's a spider or something)....or I'm dizzy for no apparent reason (middle ear probs)....or one of them is all blocked up and the other one is perfect, so then I'm completely deaf in one ear and I feel lopsided. Usually, I just wait it out and/or take Meclizine for the dizziness, and if things get rough, I just go to the doc. Usually get put on antibiotics for a week, drops and capsules. Same thing every time. Good luck to you, ear problems are the worst. My dad says just to put some olive oil on a cotton ball and then put it in your ear, oddly, I've never tried that.
@DeepakMasih (635)
• Chandigarh, India
26 Sep 18
I used to putt warm coconut oil in my ears. It gives relief to my ears.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Sep 18
I've heard of people putting camphor oil and mineral oil as well. I think any warm compress would help.
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