my ear is really clogged and driving me bonkers any suggestions on unclogging?

Answer 1

For ear wax?
Mineral Oil or Olive Oil. Put some in your ear, pull you ear back a bit and massage the oil around, leave it in for about 1/2 hour then flush with warm water (shower head). The oil will break up the wax.

Answer 2

If it's your ear canal that is clogged with wax, here's what a doctor told me. Using a baby syringe (the kind used to suction nasal passage) fill the ear with mineral oil. Hold your head over to the side and keep it full for several minutes to soften the wax. Then gently suction out. Repeat if needed until the wax comes out. If you put a few drops of mineral oil in your ear every day or so, you won't get wax build-up.

Answer 3

go to your local health food store and talk to them about ear candling. this is not a true candle, get a friend to help you do the procedure. I had problems with my ears for 6 months then I tried the ear candles, relieved the problem. it is only about 3 dollars an ear remember you have two ears so buy 4 candles sometimes one is not enough. My niece, the Doctor thinks I am nuts for having done this, much cheaper than a clinic visit and it did solve the problem. if the candles don't work then get to a doctor.

Answer 4

I just went to Urgent Care a few weeks ago with serious ear pain, and though I wasn't aware of it, there was a plug of wax in one of my ears. The nurse got a container to catch water, a container with warm, not hot, water in it, and the barrel of a large syringe and began squirting the water into my plugged ear. The water drained into the empty container, and after about 5 or 6 attempts, a big chunk of wax came out with it. It wasn't the source of my pain, though. I've since discovered that I have TMJ syndrome. Bummer. I have to wear a dental splint.

Answer 5

Dear Dawn E. A lot of good answers, especially the one guy who went to ER and had his canals flushed out. The treatment, however, depends on the problem. What I mean is that you may have a problem with your little canals that go between your middle ear and your nose. These tubes allow air pressure to equalize between the middle ear and the outside world. If this is the problem, you would have fluxuation symptoms associated with driving a car up and down elevation changes. Excessive ear wax production, on the other hand, would not be varying.

Generally, a history of plugged tubes is congenital and associated in youth with repeated ear infections. Where as excessive wax and plugs in the outer ear is an adult thing. Also, since those little tubes exit in the nose, those tubes are potentially effected by allergens that are sucked up into the nose. So, not only may a person have very small tubes to begin with, but if that person is developing allergies to environment then a normal course would be strange ear symptoms. Usually, though, this same person would be having nasal allergy symptoms as well.

Treatment for these two conditions are different. For the excessive wax treatment their are two ways to go. First, like the guy who answered, he ended up in the ER. Very commonly a secondary outer ear canal infection can occur because of the plugged canal. The goal of the chronic excessive wax maker is to prevent plugging. Before we had emergency room grandma used to use sweet oil in kids ears before they went swimming. This sweet oil (olive oil) is not magic. You can use any kitchen oil. Some kids or people don't make enough oil and swim a lot. They can get outer ear canal infections. So, the oil protects the canal. It can also slowly disolve the heavy ear wax plug over time (several days). It would take repeated applications each night before bed and a cotton plug. A quicker way is to use hydrogen peroxide and a dropper. Warm the H202 and place drops in one canal and hear the buggles. Massage it around with your finger. Turn your head over and do the other earl. Repeat this process. Along with disolving the wax, the H2O2 disinfects the canal from any infection. If you had an infection you will feel some pain in the canal, just like if you had a cut on your arm and did the same. The H202 will NOT hurt your ear drum! To prevent another plug mix equal parts of white vinegar with kitchen oil in a dropper bottle. Shake the bottle and suck up a few drops of the mix and with your head turned to one side drop the mixture into the canal. Again, take your finger and massage the outer part of the ear by the canal to work in the mixture. Natural ear wax is acidic (vinegar like). The vinegar is protective (antibacterial).

How to test your ear drums intactness. Take your fingers and plug your nose. Now try to blow your nose gently. You should feel a pop in your ears (ear drums). If, however, you feel and hear air in one or both of your ears then you likely have ruptured ear drums.

Now, on the opposite side of the street is the person who have too small tubes along with allergies. Besides allergies, nasal viral infection can create the same symptoms (common colds). Pseudoephederine is the old old over-the-counter treatment. It is the main drugs used in the manufacture of meth. Likewise, do not use a topical over-the-counter spray like Afrin. This may hellp for a short time, but look out for problems down the line. The main tx today is topical corticosteroids sprays. They work to treat and to prevent (gee I have to mow the lawn). They are Rx only, however.

Tip: benadryl never REALLY significantly helped anyone's allergies except those who wanted to go to sleep (Niquil).

Have a safe journey!

Answer 6

Use a hair dryer on low setting warm air and blow into your ear. Use a decongestant like sudafed but no antihistimines to help drain your ears.

Answer 7

yes- they sell stuff at the drugstore to 'clean' earwax buildup. you put a few drops in each ear and tilt, and it helps a ton.

Answer 8

Take some sudafed.