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Ragweed season has sprung a new one on me -- right ear plugged. Anyone have luck with a home remedy approach? That ear has the same tiny opening to it my dad has -- hard to get ear plugs into even when not swollen shut.
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Not me! Have had an ear plug a couple of times, each meant a trip to the Dr to clean and flush it out.
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I've had the same issue? never had any allergies of any kind
every now and again I will wake up and my right ear is so plugged ,I cant hear,wierd
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Wax? equal parts warm water and hydrogen peroxide. Pour a little in the ear with your head on a pillow and let it work for about 15 minutes and flush. May have to do it a couple times. Don't use a q-tip.
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Ragweed season has sprung a new one on me -- right ear plugged. Anyone have luck with a home remedy approach? That ear has the same tiny opening to it my dad has -- hard to get ear plugs into even when not swollen shut.
Thanx!
Barry Waterpik. The little machine folks use on their teeth. https://www.waterpik.com/oral-health/buying-guide/countertop-water-flosser/It is what my doc has used on my ear. Fill it up with warm water and blast whatever is in there out. It's gentle and works beautifully.
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Okay, then. Not wax -- allergic swelling / plugging with drainage or mucus (I guess.) Waterpik sounds interesting.
Thanx!
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Mine does it when I get water in my ear
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You guys have no clue. I know it is a pain in the a$$ but try having ears that block even with tubes in both ears and fluid draining 24/7. Wake up in the morning and be stuck to your pillow because the fluid and blood soaked all the way through the cotton you put in the night before. Have it leak out your hearing aid and drip down onto your shirt. Hearing loss, fluctuating hearing for what hearing you have left and staggering vertigo. That is almost every day of my life.
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Thanks, and I am sorry for your plugged ear. It is a royal pain.
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Okay, then. Not wax -- allergic swelling / plugging with drainage or mucus (I guess.) Waterpik sounds interesting.
Thanx! decongestant and/or antihistamine.
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Geeze, sounds bad.
I would sure think that a pharmaceutical would be your best bet.
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Okay, then. Not wax -- allergic swelling / plugging with drainage or mucus (I guess.) Waterpik sounds interesting.
Thanx! decongestant and/or antihistamine. This, if the self-diagnosis is correct. Otherwise my default is 50/50 hydrogen peroxide to H2O.
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Might find an EENT doc too!
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Guafed opened it up some last night -- Walgreens version of Mucinex DM. Gonna look for some without the sleep aid / cough suppressant today. There's yellow stuff all over my truck!!
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Okay, then. Not wax -- allergic swelling / plugging with drainage or mucus (I guess.) Waterpik sounds interesting.
Thanx! I had a severe reaction to the extremely high ragweed pollen count this year that caused sneezing with bad chest congestion and a bad 24 hour cough. I guess by plugged ears you mean the tubes in your ears swelling shut and it sounds you're talking inside your head. What works for me is Nasacort and nasal rinses with a squeeze bottle before bedtime. Inhaling steam also seems to help clean out the pollen. I finally went to my doctor yesterday and he prescribed 20mg of Prednisone for 5 days and some HYCODAN cough syrup. I'm already feeling better.
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