Water in my son's ear and he has tubes. Help?

Question

All we have at home is olive oil. can we warm this and use it safely? We live in the boonies and our dr's arent answering phone.

Answer 1

i've grown up with bad ear infections and even had tubes twice as a child. i wouldn't recommend the oil personally, because that is more for wax build up and just like in cooking, water and oil don't mix, so i don't really see how that would get rid of the water. that sounds like it would make more of a mess. what i would try (my parents did this a couple times while i had tubes) is get a q-tip and don't put it in the ear very far or even move it, the cotton will soak up the water (to this day i have to use qtips to get the water out whenever i shower or swim etc.) and if you are to afraid of that try taking a corner of a towel and use your pinky finger that is as effective and you can't go as far or slip like you could with a qtip.
good luck and i hope your lil tyke feels better soon, i know how much it stinks to have your ears hurting so bad!

Answer 2

Lifeguards and those who spend a lot of time at the pool have a couple tricks to avoid swimmer's ear. You shake your head downward and to the side so that the water shakes right out. If this doesn't work, you'll put your hand over your ear and create suction (much like a plunger) by pushing your hand gently into your ear and then pulling your hand away quickly. I was skeptical until I tried this myself... it works and I've taught my children to do it as well. No more reports of water in their ears since we've practices these methods.

Answer 3

i don't know what to tell you to do tonite but go to the drugstore and get these drops called "swimmers ear" it helps to dry up the water that gets in the ears. I used it when I was little because of the same thing. I would get water in my ear from swimming and even showering that would not dry up. It would lead to a really bad ear infection. I began using the swimmers ear and it stopped the problem the next day. I still use it and I'm 26

Answer 4

No my sister has 2 youthful toddlers that went by ability of a similar aspect with the tubes interior the ears. he will be positive. Her daughter were given tubes in because she had ear infections each and each month it regarded like earlier she changed into one. Her 5 twelve months old son were given tubes because he changed into having a similar aspect and having eardrum ruptures. one aspect is that you'll likely wont take care of to inform even as the tubes fall out. make confident you keep checking with the pediatrician at his appointments to work out in the adventure that they are nonetheless in.

Answer 5

my daughter had excessive wax so my dr had me use olive oil to clean it out but i didnt have to warm it because that can harm the inner workings of the ear i dont know if it will work for water but its worth a shot only use two or three drops per ear and put cotton balls or tissues in after a couple minutes to catch everything btw next time he goes swimming or takes a bath they sell this awesome stuff thats wax that you put in the ear to cover and noot get water in hope i helped

Answer 6

all you do is mix 1/2 vinigar w/ 1/2 rubing alchohold and stick some in his hear. It is the exact same thing (and safer) than all the stuff you buy at the store, like swimmers ear etc.

Answer 7

NO do not put anything else in his ear.Call another dr or hospital to ask what to do ( the hospital can sometimes get the drs service and get ahold of him) i'm not sure.If boy is hurting call 911.

Answer 8

You don't tell if it is hurting. If yes, give him acetaminophen or Advil. Look for any prescription used before for this same situation that isn´t expired.