ears problem?

Question

my doc has told me i need my ears syringing...they ahve been itchy and aching. im not too keen on the syringing idea, anyone know of any natural alternatives? what will happen if i dont have them syringed? why has it come to this, i have never needed them done before, what causes it coz some people never have to have it done?

Answer 1

Homeopathic Medicines & Treatment for Ear Diseases
#Belladonna. [Bell]
The remedy is acute otitis, with digging, boring, tearing pains which come suddenly and are most violent; the membrana tympani is covered with injected bloodvessels. It is the remedy in earache where the symptoms are too violent for Pulsatilla. The pains come and go suddenly. All the symptoms are worse at night and are relieved by warmth.


#Aconite. [Acon]
Bayes recommends Aconite IX in the maddening pains of otitis, claiming it to be far superior to Chamomilla or Pulsatilla. There is dark redness of the parts, stinging, lancinating or throbbing pains and great sensitiveness. It suits earache from sudden change of temperature; it is worse at night and is aggravated by warmth. Its influence is restricted to a brief period immediately following exposure. In this respect Copeland says: "It differs from Ferrum phosphoricum, which has a much longer period of usefulness."

#Pulsatilla. [Puls]
A great ear remedy. It exerts a specific curative power in otitis externa; the ear is hot, red and swollen, and there are very severe darting, tearing, pulsating pains in it which are worse at night. It, too, occupies the highest place for acute inflammation of the middle ear. It is indicated also by profuse thick, yellowish green discharge from the ear, deafness and a feeling as if the ears were stopped up, or as if something were being forced out; there are also roaring noises synchronous with the pulse. It suits especially subacute cases. Itching deep in the ear. Plantago. Earache associated with toothache; also, excellent locally. Pain goes through head from one ear to the other. Tellurium. A most excellent remedy in otitis media with thin, acrid, offensive discharge, very profuse and long-lasting; canal sensitive to touch. Hydrastis is a remedy not to be overlooked in catarrhal inflammation of the middle ear with accompanying nasopharyngeal catarrh, tinnitus aurium and thick tenacious discharges. Kali sulphuricum. Useful in typical Pulsatilla cases with orange yellow discharges.

#Ferrum Phosphoricum. [Kali-p]
This remedy is a most useful one in ear affections, suiting congestive and inflammatory stages of most troubles, more especially in anaemic subjects. It is a reliable remedy in acute earache; it has tinnitus like Pulsatilla, but no special deafness, and like Borax it has sensitiveness to sound. The pain is throbbing or sharp stitching and occurs in paroxysms. The following is Dr. Wanstall's practical resume:
1. A tendency of the inflammatory process to be diffused instead of circumscribed. 2. Dark beefy redness of the parts. 3. A muco-purulent discharge with tendency to haemorrhage. 4. The establishment of the discharge does not relieve the pain. 5. The pain is in paroxysms.
Copeland asserts that for earache after exposure to wet there is no better remedy. Kali muriaticum is one of the most useful remedies in tubal catarrh and catarrhal conditions of the middle ear, it seems to clear the Eustachian tube, which is closed in these cases, causing deafness, subjective sounds and retracted membrane tympani. It is useful in chronic suppurative conditions reducing the proliferation, checking the granulation and hastening repair. Slowly progressing deafness will often yield to the remedy. It is also a remedy for obstinate eczemas about the auricle, especially if accompanied with the gastric disturbances of the remedy. "The most valuable single remedy for the deafness following purulent or catarrhal otitis media."--Moffat. Magnesia phosphorica has a purely nervous otalgia, worse in cold air and relieved by warmth. Bellows gives it first place in nervous earache. Kali phosphoricum may also be a remedy in chronic suppurations of the middle ear, with offensive dirty pus,brownish and watery.


#Chamomilla. [Cham]
Almost specific in infantile earache; the pains are violent, worse from warmth, the cheeks are red, the patient is restless, fretful and there is great hyperaesthesia and much suffering. Patient worse at night and from slightest cold. Borax. Child starts up nervously with the pain; muco-purulent otorrhoea. Dulcamara. Earache returning with every change of weather, worse at night. Relieved by application of dry heat. Sanguinaria. Climacteric earache.

#Capsicum [Caps]
corresponds to otitis media, with rupture of the membrane tympani, and great soreness of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. It suits also chronic suppurations of the ear with bursting headache and chilliness; the ears are hot, and the pain to the throat, the drum is perforated and there is a yellow purulent discharge. It is to be differentiated from Hepar in that the area of sensitiveness is greater than with Hepar,and it lacks the nocturnal aggravation of Mercurius. Dr. Weaver, of Philadelphia, states that he has seen cases where every indication would point to mastoid operation relieved by Capsicum, and cautions against using it too low. He uses the 6X dilution. Sub-acute inflammation of the Eustachian tube with great pain and a sense of dryness and heat in the throat indicate Capsicum. Calcarea carbonica corresponds to chronic ear troubles in scrofulous children. There is itching of the membrana tympani, defective hearing, humming and roaring in the ears, purulent otorrhoeas with perforation of the drum, polypi, etc. Deafness from working in water. Nitric acid may prove useful in mastoid abscesses and syphilitic ear troubles. Kali bichromicum. Inflammation of middle ear; ulceration of membrane tympani with tenacious, stringy and purulent discharges; pains sharp stitching in character. Also a valuable remedy in the later stages, when, on account of pharyngeal involvement, the Eustachian tube is hard to inflate. Aurum has a congestive roaring in ears, sensitiveness to noise, foetid otorrhoea, boring pains in mastoid, caries and perforation of drum. Baryta carbonica is to be thought of in deafness associated with swelling of the tonsils. Also in noises in the ears from arterio-sclerotic conditions. Phosphorus. Deafness to the human voice, common in the aged or where the patient is constantly blowing small quantities of blood from the nose.

#Mercurius. [Merc]
Very valuable in suppurative middle ear diseases, with swelling of parotid glands and offensive breath. It suits especially scrofulous and syphilitic ear conditions. It is especially valuable in proliferous middle ear diseases, hardness of hearing due to swollen tonsils. The discharges are thin and acrid, the ears, teeth and face ache, symptoms worse at night, and characteristic is a feeling of stoppage and of internal soreness as if raw, and also roaring in ears. Mercurius dulcis. Chronic inflammation of the middle ear, with deep toned roaring. The membrane tympani is thickened, retracted and immovable by inflation. It suits especially Eustachian catarrhal deafness. Graphites has catarrh of Eustachian tube and hardness of hearing, which is better riding in a carriage. Gluey discharge will indicate as well as eczematous manifestations. Carbo vegetabilis. Otorrhoea following exanthematous diseases; ears dry. Carbo animalis. Cannot tell whence sound comes. Iodine cured for Dr. Hughes a case of catarrhal deafness.

#Silicea. [Sil]
Very valuable in suppurative middle ear troubles, especially in cases complicated with caries or necrosis of the bones and attended with a thin, ichorous and offensive discharge containing little pieces of bone. Perforations of the membrane tympani heal rapidly under Silicea. A peculiar symptom leading to the remedy is an itching and tingling in the locality of the Eustachian tube. There are also shooting pains through the ear and profuse perspiration, sudden snuffing, cracking sound in the ear like the explosion of a percussion cap. It promotes repair of the drum head. It is most frequently indicated in persistent chronic otorrhoea with oversensitiveness to sounds. Dr. Moffat advises changing to Lapis albus after use of Silicea for too long a time.

#Hepar sulphur. [Hep]
Also valuable in suppurative otitis media, and is useful in earache when suppuration impends. There is great soreness and sensitiveness to the slightest touch, acute exacerbations of the trouble with increased discharge, which is thick, creamy and somewhat offensive. Patients requiring Hepar are irritable and sensitive to the slightest draft of air. Lachesis. Roaring and singing in the ears, relieved by putting finger in ear and shaking it, therefore catarrhal. Crotalus. Stuffed feeling in ear and a sensation as if wax were trickling out. Conium. Increased quantity of dark wax. Hepar suits especially otorrhoeas dating from scarlatina.

#Causticum. [Caust]
This remedy is useful in roaring and buzzing in the ears, words and sounds re-echo unpleasantly. It suits a catarrh of the Eustachian tube. Chenopodium has deafness to low tones, while the higher ones are heard distinctly. Its special field of action is in affections of the auditory nerves. Sanguinaria has humming and roaring in the ears, and painful sensitiveness to sounds. Salicylic acid. Meniere's disease and simple deafness with tinnitus. Arnica has proved of benefit in Meniere's disease. Pain in the cartilages of the ears, as if bruised, is another indication. Bryonia is highly spoken of by Dr.Dudley Wright, of London, in Meniere's disease, as suiting those cases where the vertigo comes on from any sudden motion,as on rising from a seat.

#Sulphur [Sulph]
is useful for a most offensive discharge from the ears and syringing does no good, the ears are red, raw, and the discharge excoriates. Psorinum is even better than Sulphur in case of offensive discharges from the ears; there is with this remedy a general unhealthy condition of the patient, pustules appear on the face, around the nose, mouth and ears, the blood is impure and the system run down. It is a remedy not to be despised in ear affections, and is especially to be considered in cases of chronic otitis media, probably of psoric origin,in which other remedies and methods of treatment have been tried unsuccessfully.

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Answer 3

I'm guessing it might be perforated. When the pressure changed the ear drum physically. They give you nasal decongestants and advise that you chew gum. When a doctor prescribes antibiotics, ALWAYS take the full prescriptions. Don't take it only until you feel better. The bacteria will still be there and will become immune to the antibiotic. Then you will have a resistant form of bacteria. That's how the resistant forms of tuberculosis formed.

Answer 4

Some people produce less wax than others. I have a similar problem with my ear. I have some kind of infection but need to have my ears syringed to treat it. I am using bicarbonate of soda ear drops for a week to soften the wax and then go back and have them syringed. I've had it done before man years ago and dont recall it being a bad experience hence the relaxed attitude to it now. Dont worry so much, its only washing water into yout ears.

Answer 5

Hello,
I used to have a lot of problems with ear wax and had to get my ears syringed every year or a couple of days before flying.
I forgot to book an appointment a few years ago and went to the chemist and asked for advice. He told me to try Otex ear drops for 3 days. I did and to my amazement my ears were clear in only 3 days. I have since used Otex regularly about 3 times a year for 3 days each time and had my ears checked by the doctor on several occasions. Always the same CLEAR. this stuff is great as it breaks down the wax and it simply comes out of your ear like invisible.

Answer 6

I hope your Dr prescirbed you some drops to soften wax and possibly treat the cause of the itch and pain. I sometimes get excema in my ears and the odd boil. So My Gp would prescribe a soothing antibiotic ear drops and some tablets to reduce the swelling and hopefully disperse the boil. However, it can be itchy and the drops would need to work fairly quickly to prevent spread. I have never had my ears syringed as normally drops and antibiotics would do the trick.

Best of luck with any medication.

Answer 7

Ask your doctor about an exercise routine. Regular exercise, such as walking three times a week, may reduce neuropathy pain, improve your muscle strength and help control blood sugar levels. Gentle routines such as yoga and tai chi might also help.

Answer 8

Olive oil is supposed to do the trick. However if you are worried because syringing sounds harsh, it isn't. It is just a little warm water put into your ear canal which cleans it and pushes out any wax/detritus.

Answer 9

I have had ear probs since I was 3. I have had mine seringed a million times and its nothing to worry about, No pain or anything.

You cant get anything alternative to clear it and if you leave it you may grow gromits (which i had on and off for YEARS) and you need surgeroy to get them removed.

All syringing feels like is water in your ears fairly warm and you can feel everything comeing out but not fast and it doesent hurt at all.

After you feel 20 times better!

As for the reason could be anything - If you have asthma possible that, If you have had a cold or flu or hayfever possibly that. You can get ear infections for no reason and if its too late for drops you get them syringed but seriously its no big deal :)

Answer 10

i am 10 and i had my ears syringed. it does not hurt too bad. i had an ear infection at the same time so it hurt a little more. but normally it doesn't hurt at all. it feels a little strange, but not hurting strange.

Answer 11

olive oil and vinegar mix drop in ear cotton wool overnight