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Help I Have Water Stuck In My Ear!!!

Stampy

Stampy

Jun 30, 2008
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Connecticut
#1
I hate when this happenes I can deal with anything except this. I have had water in my ear for a few days now and I can't get an appointment with my ear/nose/throat doctor for another week. I have been trying the solution of:
1 Tablespoon Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Rubbing Alcohol
2 Tablespoons Hydrogen Peroxide

It hasn't been working and its bugging the hell out of me. I have one of those suction things I got when I got Murine drops from the last time this happened(those aren't working eithier.

HELP PLEASE!!!:
 
#5
I have had many ear problems over the years. The vinegar trick is to balance the ph in your ears. Not to remove or release water.

When I have water in my ear....I tilt my head on it's side with the ear that has water facing towards the floor. Now put one hand(palm)over each ear. Now keep your palm tight on the empty ear...and use the palm on the filled ear like a suction device. Keep sucking up and down with your palm on the filled ear facing towards the floor. It has always worked for me.

Good luck,
BT
 
#6
Once I had what I thought was water in my ear for a few days. I kept hearing this weird popping noise in one ear. After days of freaking out I was q tipping after a shower and sure enough sticking out of the end of the q tip was a small hair. I didn't hear the popping anymore. It had been rubbing my eardrum and that's what I was hearing. Could be a hair? :eyebrow:
 
#10
MakiSupaStar said:
Did you try this?

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That works really good. I've also used straight up rubbing alcohol. It dries out the fluid as it evaporates. Vinegar isn't going to work in this situation.
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+1. My kids doc suggested the vinegar and alcohol mixture. The alcohol should get the water out and the vinegar changes the ph of the ear so fungus won't grow. If that didn't work I suspect you have something like a wax ball obstructing the ear channel.
 
#11
RWP said:
+1. My kids doc suggested the vinegar and alcohol mixture. The alcohol should get the water out and the vinegar changes the ph of the ear so fungus won't grow. If that didn't work I suspect you have something like a wax ball obstructing the ear channel.
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Yup, Swim-Ear is good stuff for water, but if it's still there days later, I'd be concerned about impacted ear wax - which I've been through far too many times! :spit

Here's the stuff for THAT nastiness:

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#12
Yeah the murine has never worked for me. I just tried the straight rubbing alcohol and it stung a bit. I had it in for a few minutes then I tilted my head to drain the excess. Hopefully as RWP stated that this will dry out whats left in there.
 
#13
This isn't going to help you out any but....

My wife is a second grade teacher and she had a kid complaining about water being in his ear. She sent a note home with him, over the weekend he had gone to the doctor to check out his ears and there wasn't any water but a spider had crawled into his ear and died.

Well, I guess it could help, have you had anyone check for spiders?
 
#15
jfenderp said:
This isn't going to help you out any but....

My wife is a second grade teacher and she had a kid complaining about water being in his ear. She sent a note home with him, over the weekend he had gone to the doctor to check out his ears and there wasn't any water but a spider had crawled into his ear and died.

Well, I guess it could help, have you had anyone check for spiders?
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Yes, just what I needed to read when I'm up late because I have insomnia.

I'm going to have the crawlies for weeks, now.
 
#16
mstott25 said:
If that doesn't work...it ain't water in your ear. I don't know about a dead spider though.

If it's in there more than a day or so you'll get an infection.

Then just pour hydrogen peroxide in the infected ear.

If that doesn't work than cut your ear off.
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I wouldn't recommend pouring something as corrosive as hydrogen peroxide down your ear.
 
#17
I've had serious problems with plugged ears (wax and water) for the last 6 years or so. What it comes down to for me is that not only do most of those unclogging things not work for me, they made it worse.

The only thing that has worked consistently for me is visiting the doctor. They have the proper stuff to unplug your ears right. And, the way I look at it, you're a musician. Ears are not something to go halfway with. Get it treated right. The water thing was what first caused my wax problems, btw. Something worth keeping an eye on.
 
#18
Locally there was a kid who complained of a crackling in his ear. He went to the doctor and they found two spiders in his ear building a nest! That is a true and disturbing story.

Oh yeah, peroxide has always helped me out when water gets in my ear.
 
#19
Try metholated spirits in an eye dropper.

Tild head, drip some in, leave it for 30-60 seconds, tip it out.

Same situation as rubbing alcohol i believe, evapourates really quick and takes water with it. Its always worked fine for my dad, hes had to do it semi regularly since he had an operation on his ear years ago.
 

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