I went swimming in the pool earlier today with my friends andwater got splashed into my ear and it won't come out. What is the best way to get the water out of my ear
2006-12-26 15:10:04 · 11 answers · asked by hlk345 3 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
Turn your head to one side and gently pull the earlobe until you feel the water drain.
If you can feel water still in there it may be trapped behind impacted ear wax. The doctor can Flush out impacted wax with a warm water ear flush bulb or syringe.
Use a drop of Olive oil at night to loosen any ear wax before getting it flushed out.
Use aqua ear you can buy at the pharmacy. Its a drop solution of glycerine and metholated spirit. This will dry out the ear canal. But dont use it if you think you have an infection beginning. Its normal to feel a warm sensation.
Dont bother with ear plugs as they dont work and can cause a perforated eardrum if you are diving wearing them.
Check with your doctor that you do not have Osteo Blastosis. This is a condition that surfers and regular male swimmers can develope where the inside of the ear canal gradually closes off as abnormal bone growth (similar to minature coral) is stimulated. The condition takes years to become a real problem. Is usually a male problem and is linked to water temperature change and exposure for long periods in the surf or long swim training sessions.
2006-12-26 23:32:42 · answer #1 · answered by Sun Lover 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you don't have swimmer's ear quite yet, then use the Swimmer's Choice ear drop, after using a tissue to hand dry out you ears. But if you already have swimmer's ear, i.e., noticable pain to the touch or pain otherwise, go to the doctor and get a prescription for some antibiotic drops, which will take care of your problem in about 2-3 days and get you in the pool, but you must continue the drops for a week at least. Don't stop when the pain goes away, because it will come back. (I know this from experiance)
2006-12-27 15:04:50 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using a product like Swimmers Choice Ear Dry Drops.
2006-12-26 15:18:17 · answer #3 · answered by debwils_4kids 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THe best way to cure it is to get a prescription from the doctor, for an ear infection (include that its from swimming). THis should clear it up in about a day or 2. Rubbing Alchol also works.
2006-12-28 03:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by Go Hokies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
attempt getting some hydrogen peroxide. I remember returned whilst i became youthful i could get ear infections. My mom could take a cotton ball and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, and she or he could positioned the cotton ball on the hollow of the field. She could get 0.5 of it soaked in the hydrogen peroxide and place the moist lead to my hear, and then she could have me tilt my head so as that the peroxide could drip into the ear. This constantly looked as though it may help. The peroxide could sparkling the ear out. He shoudl hear a fizzing sound. additionally yet another super element is a beeswax candle funnel made for drawing out wax and such from the ear. you place the wax funnel in the ear. you're taking a affordable disposable pie pan and poke an entire via it. it somewhat is to seize the ash. and you easy it up. This reasons a vacuum and attracts crud out of the ear.
2016-10-28 10:49:42 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trust me this will work. i have tried it. get alchol(not the one u drink) put maybe 2teaspoons of it in a bag with some cotton balls and then get some white vinegar and put 2 teaspoons of it in there with it too. then when its mixed up together get one cotton ball and then squeeze it in ur ear just like a few drops then it will feel weird then get a towel and let it come out from ur ear to the towel. trust me it might feel weird but i have been using it for 3 years and it helps. well i hope u get it out.
2006-12-29 11:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by spongebob fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you can use swimmers ear which is sold in the states.You can keep it like that and eventually it will come out.Other choises are put some warm oil in your ear or pour some hot water in the ear.
2006-12-27 10:53:34 · answer #7 · answered by mayumi_oct_1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take a nap turning your affected ear on the pillow. Voila! It's gone by the time you wake up. No need for doctors and chemicals.
2006-12-27 06:59:24 · answer #8 · answered by Daniel N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rubbing alcohol 1-2 drops
2006-12-28 02:36:53 · answer #9 · answered by timberrattler818 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A drop or two of rubbing alcohol will dry it right up.
2006-12-26 15:18:44 · answer #10 · answered by Lane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋