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When I was little I had them allll the time. Then went to an ears nose and throat doc and got my tonsils removed and I get earaches not even once yr. That helped a bunch! (Not everyone should get their tonsils removed) just something for those who have constant earaches. At night I always take nyquil and ibuprofen and use my heating pad 10 mins on and 10mins off. And fall right asleep. Never put anything cold in your ear or water. Heat always help =) God bless.
Ok, so right now my ear is like, throbbing, but my best comment about this subject is to take a warm washcloth, heating pad, something warm, and place it on your hurting ear. You may have to reheat the washcloth a couple times, but if you get it hot enough it will most likely work.
Also, my mom used to put tea tree oil in my ear, and 90% of the time this worked.
First, heat the oil to luke warm, and put one or two droplets in infected ear/ears. Then after about 10 minutes, drain onto a towl where you are laying. Hope this helps!
As I am growing up I've had swimmers ear it's actually something you have to have. Not everyone has it. I'd try getting a washcloth get it damp than dab it on your ear. It will relief should happen. If relief doesn't come in the next 30 minutes repeat.
Thanks to all who posted in this category. I used a few of the remedies here for my earache. I had taken a shower, and put my head under the water to get the soap out of my ears. Yep, by that evening I had an earache in one ear.
I used a remedy that called for 1/2 peroxide and 1/2 alcohol. mixed together then put a few drops in my ear for 5 min. laying down. After 5 min, got up and let it drain out.
The peroxide makes a bubbly sound, so when it stops you'll know it's ready to be drained.
I also used the rice in a sock remedy. Put rice in the sock, tied it off and heat in the microwave for 20 seconds. Put it on the ear for awhile. It felt great. Also found out this "rice sock" bag makes a good footwarmer on cold nights too. :)
Thanks everyone!
I have had earaches all my life going to doctor after doctor with my mom as a child and myself as adult they all had no idea what was causing them. One day I got a really bad earache and was living on my own so I called my dad because my mom was unreachable at the time. here is what he told me and it works every time.
Take a chamomilla and glycerin hand lotion and add teaspoon of it to a table spoon of hot water, stir until it the lotion is dissolved the water then put 5 drops in the effected ear and bottle the rest. It keeps for like ever and can be reheated and used over and over. From that day forward when my ear hurts I just do that once and I haven't had to go see a doctor about it for almost 10 years.
I am 11 and I have a sore throat and a cold, but the worst is my earache! So I told my mom and she said take a hot face cloth (not too hot)and place it over the ear that hurts, then lie down on the ear that does not hurt. Your earache should be gone pretty fast!
Hope it works:)
I have been up all night with a earache it hurts so bad I cant even stand the thought of it now. Simply put a little dab of vicks vapor rub around ear canal but not in ear and then lay ear on heating pad within 15 mins my earache was gone I have no pain at all. But before doing this drink a cup of hot theraflu.
Things you need>>>>>> 1 garlic (chopped)
2 tsp of oil
alcohol
1 cotton ball
1st get the chopped garlic and place it in a saucepan with the hot oil ready!! Let the garlic toast up!
2nd place some of the garlic in the cotton ball ( make sure you pull off a piece that can fit on your ear!) wrap the garlic in the cotton ball so that it is located in its center!
3rd grab the garlic wrapped in the cotton ball and pour some alcohol into it then insert it in your ear, leave it over night
You will start feeling relieved after 10 min!
Worked for me and my daughter!!!
I say "real earache" because a lot of people confuse what is called "swimmer's ear" with an earache. You have the Middle Ear (which is the part between the ear drum and the ear itself) and the Inner Ear (which is the part between the ear drum and the throat). Swimmer's ear is when fluid becomes trapped in the Middle Ear. It stagnates and causes an infection. An earache is when fluid gets trapped BEHIND the Ear Drum. It stagnates and causes infection. Often times it is thrust from the throat into the Eustachian Tube (the connection between ear and throat) because a person blows his or her nose too intensely. If a person already has a cold, then the fluid is already infected with bacteria. The infected fluid pushes against the ear drum, which is why you have throbbing pain when you have an earache.
I can't address the pain aspect of an Earache, I usually just rode that part of it out, but I can tell you how to get rid of the fluid which causes an earache or avoid one that is coming. Once an infection occurs, the ear will become tender or painful because of it. The only way to get rid of the infection is with antibiotics, or to get rid of the fluid and ride out the pain until your body naturally heals itself.
The most effective way to safely get rid of an earache is simply to take a decongestant to open and/or dialate all of the passages in the head. Then you sleep on the OPPOSITE ear affected. The Eustachian Tube will open up, and sleeping on the opposite ear will allow the fluid to natually drain into the throat. (Be careful because sometimes the fluid could drain from one ear to the other this way, but it works 95% of the time.) If done properly, you will notice that most of the pain will disappear overnight.
DO NOT EVER sleep on the side with the earache. The fluid will have nowhere to go except THROUGH the ear drum. This will cause a rupture in the drum which is very painful. Also, if this happens too many times, a person may develop a diminution of hearing because scar tissue will cover the hole created. This will cause the skin covering the drum to become thick, and therefore it won't be able to vibrate as effectively, which is how we hear.
I don't know about some of these "remedies," but I would caution everyone NOT TO introduce smoke into the ear. Smoke is comprised of tiny particulates which could easily get trapped in the middle ear and cause an infection. My grandfather did this to me when I was a kid with one of my many earaches, and it only made it worse. I think the thought behind this "remedy" is that the smoke will deaden the pain. It doesn't work.
If you do what I say here, you will never experience another earache. I used to get one every couple of months when I was a child, but I haven't gotten one since I figured out this simple and effective cure when I was about twelve.
We always got earaches in my family, I have had numerous surgeries on my ears due to ear infections and what worked for me is:
1) Put salt in a sock and warm it in the microwave for about 3-5 min., after heating put Vick’s vapor rub on the sock and place on the ear with pain (must have heat on ear, between the heat and the Vick's vapor rub it draws the pain out).
2) A couple of Motrin IB 400-600mg. (If you don’t have Motrin take any over the counter pain killer Advil, Tylenol, ect.)
3) Most pharmacies carry all natural ear drops for relief of pain, just follow the directions on the box but instead of using a cotton ball use the salt sock described above. (The drops will intensify the pain for a few minutes but be patient it will work)
4) Follow up with a Dr. if you have an infection to get an antibiotic!!!!
Feel better,
Good luck and God bless
Blow a few puffs of smoke into the ear and hold a finger in the ear to prevent the smoke from escaping, the heavier the smoke the better the cure.
I grew up with several ear problems and aches. I had two operations in my right ear as well as tubes in both ears 6 different times. I've tried several things and three have worked for me.
First comes from an old Indian man who may have been my grandfather but that's for a different website....he would blow smoke in my ear. Campfire smoke, cigar smoke, or incents smoke.
Second is warm oil in ear such as swan oil from walgreens, or olive oil and then place some cotton in ear.
Third is some sort of heat i.e. heat pad, heated cloth or something such as these.
I usually started with the first on and if at didn't work at that specific time I'd move to the next and so on. The use these individually or as a whole, always worked for me and I still use them to this day for myself and children. Hope this works for everyone the way it has worked for me and my family.
GOD BLESS,
SHAWN
Still growing and still have earache. Usually during cold weather. When showering and going outside the cold weather to go to work. When arrived form work then take a shower again and go to bed, all of the sudden pop and a real painful ache. I take a piece of cotton and dab a little vicks vapor rub on the cotton (not inside the ear), just place the cotton with vicks just enough inside the outer ear. Let the vicks vapor do the work, you'll feel the pain go away in few minutes. If the next day might have pus, just wash inside the ear with warm water.
When I was growing up I will get earaches all the time my mom will take me to all sort of doctors not one seem to know why I got them all the time well 1 night I was in so much pain that I kept crying all night till my mom decided to call my granny and god bless her in heaven. This is my remedie, cut an onion in half get a piece of the onion not the whole half but a good piece turn on your stove get some vicks vaporub and put some in the onion put it on the stove when the vicks start to melt get a droper and put 3 or 4 drops in your ear and within 20 to 30 min your pain is gone the last time I had one was 20 years ago, good luck.
Dr. Oz from TV says to put a few drops of Hydrogen Peroxide into the ear canel. If it bubbles then you have an ear infection. Wash the ear out with a bit of warm water. If you do show signs of an infection see a doctor. For ear pain place a rather warm hot water bottle on the pillow and lay down on the bottle so the ear can drain if need be. Once the ear starts to get relief hold your nose and blow to make it pop if it will. Continue the hot water bottle and if prescribed antibiotics.
Also warmed campher drop will help relieve the pain. It seems like warmth is the best for ear pain in all cases.
It helps ear pain also if you make it a practice to wash out your sinuses with warm saline water. Get shringe at drug stores everywhere.
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Oh how im 21 and have had them since I remember!
Brittany in Ohio -When I was little I had them allll the time. Then went to an ears nose and throat doc and got my tonsils removed and I get earaches not even once yr. That helped a bunch! (Not everyone should get their tonsils removed) just something for those who have constant earaches. At night I always take nyquil and ibuprofen and use my heating pad 10 mins on and 10mins off. And fall right asleep. Never put anything cold in your ear or water. Heat always help =) God bless.
Nov 11, 2011
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Tea tree oil/ Heating Pad
Ava in My house -Ok, so right now my ear is like, throbbing, but my best comment about this subject is to take a warm washcloth, heating pad, something warm, and place it on your hurting ear. You may have to reheat the washcloth a couple times, but if you get it hot enough it will most likely work.
Also, my mom used to put tea tree oil in my ear, and 90% of the time this worked.
First, heat the oil to luke warm, and put one or two droplets in infected ear/ears. Then after about 10 minutes, drain onto a towl where you are laying. Hope this helps!
May 08, 2011
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1 No
Damp wash cloth
Anonymous in Missouri -As I am growing up I've had swimmers ear it's actually something you have to have. Not everyone has it. I'd try getting a washcloth get it damp than dab it on your ear. It will relief should happen. If relief doesn't come in the next 30 minutes repeat.
Sep 27, 2010
0 Yes
0 No
Earache Relief
J McMillion in Hartford, CT -Thanks to all who posted in this category. I used a few of the remedies here for my earache. I had taken a shower, and put my head under the water to get the soap out of my ears. Yep, by that evening I had an earache in one ear.
I used a remedy that called for 1/2 peroxide and 1/2 alcohol. mixed together then put a few drops in my ear for 5 min. laying down. After 5 min, got up and let it drain out.
The peroxide makes a bubbly sound, so when it stops you'll know it's ready to be drained.
I also used the rice in a sock remedy. Put rice in the sock, tied it off and heat in the microwave for 20 seconds. Put it on the ear for awhile. It felt great. Also found out this "rice sock" bag makes a good footwarmer on cold nights too. :)
Thanks everyone!
Mar 21, 2010
11 Yes
0 No
It makes you sleep but it relieves pain too
Melanie Holder in austin tx -I have had earaches all my life going to doctor after doctor with my mom as a child and myself as adult they all had no idea what was causing them. One day I got a really bad earache and was living on my own so I called my dad because my mom was unreachable at the time. here is what he told me and it works every time.
Take a chamomilla and glycerin hand lotion and add teaspoon of it to a table spoon of hot water, stir until it the lotion is dissolved the water then put 5 drops in the effected ear and bottle the rest. It keeps for like ever and can be reheated and used over and over. From that day forward when my ear hurts I just do that once and I haven't had to go see a doctor about it for almost 10 years.
Mar 17, 2010
1 Yes
7 No
Hot face cloth! (it really works)
Emmy in LA, CA USA -I am 11 and I have a sore throat and a cold, but the worst is my earache! So I told my mom and she said take a hot face cloth (not too hot)and place it over the ear that hurts, then lie down on the ear that does not hurt. Your earache should be gone pretty fast!
Hope it works:)
Mar 16, 2010
7 Yes
1 No
VICKS, HEAT, THERAFLU
rocky in Gaffney, SC USA -I have been up all night with a earache it hurts so bad I cant even stand the thought of it now. Simply put a little dab of vicks vapor rub around ear canal but not in ear and then lay ear on heating pad within 15 mins my earache was gone I have no pain at all. But before doing this drink a cup of hot theraflu.
Feb 27, 2010
14 Yes
0 No
GARLIC AND ALCOHOL
MZ.POKIE in LAS VEGAS NV -Things you need>>>>>> 1 garlic (chopped)
2 tsp of oil
alcohol
1 cotton ball
1st get the chopped garlic and place it in a saucepan with the hot oil ready!! Let the garlic toast up!
2nd place some of the garlic in the cotton ball ( make sure you pull off a piece that can fit on your ear!) wrap the garlic in the cotton ball so that it is located in its center!
3rd grab the garlic wrapped in the cotton ball and pour some alcohol into it then insert it in your ear, leave it over night
You will start feeling relieved after 10 min!
Worked for me and my daughter!!!
Feb 22, 2010
1 Yes
0 No
The only real remedy for a real earache.
Timothy S. Furnier in Lancaster, Pa. -I say "real earache" because a lot of people confuse what is called "swimmer's ear" with an earache. You have the Middle Ear (which is the part between the ear drum and the ear itself) and the Inner Ear (which is the part between the ear drum and the throat). Swimmer's ear is when fluid becomes trapped in the Middle Ear. It stagnates and causes an infection. An earache is when fluid gets trapped BEHIND the Ear Drum. It stagnates and causes infection. Often times it is thrust from the throat into the Eustachian Tube (the connection between ear and throat) because a person blows his or her nose too intensely. If a person already has a cold, then the fluid is already infected with bacteria. The infected fluid pushes against the ear drum, which is why you have throbbing pain when you have an earache.
I can't address the pain aspect of an Earache, I usually just rode that part of it out, but I can tell you how to get rid of the fluid which causes an earache or avoid one that is coming. Once an infection occurs, the ear will become tender or painful because of it. The only way to get rid of the infection is with antibiotics, or to get rid of the fluid and ride out the pain until your body naturally heals itself.
The most effective way to safely get rid of an earache is simply to take a decongestant to open and/or dialate all of the passages in the head. Then you sleep on the OPPOSITE ear affected. The Eustachian Tube will open up, and sleeping on the opposite ear will allow the fluid to natually drain into the throat. (Be careful because sometimes the fluid could drain from one ear to the other this way, but it works 95% of the time.) If done properly, you will notice that most of the pain will disappear overnight.
DO NOT EVER sleep on the side with the earache. The fluid will have nowhere to go except THROUGH the ear drum. This will cause a rupture in the drum which is very painful. Also, if this happens too many times, a person may develop a diminution of hearing because scar tissue will cover the hole created. This will cause the skin covering the drum to become thick, and therefore it won't be able to vibrate as effectively, which is how we hear.
I don't know about some of these "remedies," but I would caution everyone NOT TO introduce smoke into the ear. Smoke is comprised of tiny particulates which could easily get trapped in the middle ear and cause an infection. My grandfather did this to me when I was a kid with one of my many earaches, and it only made it worse. I think the thought behind this "remedy" is that the smoke will deaden the pain. It doesn't work.
If you do what I say here, you will never experience another earache. I used to get one every couple of months when I was a child, but I haven't gotten one since I figured out this simple and effective cure when I was about twelve.
Feb 18, 2010
70 Yes
17 No
Salt Sock
Stacey in Jersey Shore -We always got earaches in my family, I have had numerous surgeries on my ears due to ear infections and what worked for me is:
1) Put salt in a sock and warm it in the microwave for about 3-5 min., after heating put Vick’s vapor rub on the sock and place on the ear with pain (must have heat on ear, between the heat and the Vick's vapor rub it draws the pain out).
2) A couple of Motrin IB 400-600mg. (If you don’t have Motrin take any over the counter pain killer Advil, Tylenol, ect.)
3) Most pharmacies carry all natural ear drops for relief of pain, just follow the directions on the box but instead of using a cotton ball use the salt sock described above. (The drops will intensify the pain for a few minutes but be patient it will work)
4) Follow up with a Dr. if you have an infection to get an antibiotic!!!!
Feel better,
Good luck and God bless
Feb 15, 2010
24 Yes
7 No
Smokers earache remedy
ben in lake panasoffkee florida usa -Blow a few puffs of smoke into the ear and hold a finger in the ear to prevent the smoke from escaping, the heavier the smoke the better the cure.
Feb 03, 2010
55 Yes
51 No
WORKS FOR MY FAMILY
Shawn in Cincinnati, Ohio -I grew up with several ear problems and aches. I had two operations in my right ear as well as tubes in both ears 6 different times. I've tried several things and three have worked for me.
First comes from an old Indian man who may have been my grandfather but that's for a different website....he would blow smoke in my ear. Campfire smoke, cigar smoke, or incents smoke.
Second is warm oil in ear such as swan oil from walgreens, or olive oil and then place some cotton in ear.
Third is some sort of heat i.e. heat pad, heated cloth or something such as these.
I usually started with the first on and if at didn't work at that specific time I'd move to the next and so on. The use these individually or as a whole, always worked for me and I still use them to this day for myself and children. Hope this works for everyone the way it has worked for me and my family.
GOD BLESS,
SHAWN
Feb 02, 2010
17 Yes
2 No
Vicks and piece of cotton
miguel in willacoochee ,G.A. -Still growing and still have earache. Usually during cold weather. When showering and going outside the cold weather to go to work. When arrived form work then take a shower again and go to bed, all of the sudden pop and a real painful ache. I take a piece of cotton and dab a little vicks vapor rub on the cotton (not inside the ear), just place the cotton with vicks just enough inside the outer ear. Let the vicks vapor do the work, you'll feel the pain go away in few minutes. If the next day might have pus, just wash inside the ear with warm water.
Jan 30, 2010
21 Yes
17 No
The ear miracle
Carlos Duran in Dallas Tx -When I was growing up I will get earaches all the time my mom will take me to all sort of doctors not one seem to know why I got them all the time well 1 night I was in so much pain that I kept crying all night till my mom decided to call my granny and god bless her in heaven. This is my remedie, cut an onion in half get a piece of the onion not the whole half but a good piece turn on your stove get some vicks vaporub and put some in the onion put it on the stove when the vicks start to melt get a droper and put 3 or 4 drops in your ear and within 20 to 30 min your pain is gone the last time I had one was 20 years ago, good luck.
Jan 18, 2010
54 Yes
13 No
Relief For Ear Pain
Suzie Caretaker in Virginia -Dr. Oz from TV says to put a few drops of Hydrogen Peroxide into the ear canel. If it bubbles then you have an ear infection. Wash the ear out with a bit of warm water. If you do show signs of an infection see a doctor. For ear pain place a rather warm hot water bottle on the pillow and lay down on the bottle so the ear can drain if need be. Once the ear starts to get relief hold your nose and blow to make it pop if it will. Continue the hot water bottle and if prescribed antibiotics.
Also warmed campher drop will help relieve the pain. It seems like warmth is the best for ear pain in all cases.
It helps ear pain also if you make it a practice to wash out your sinuses with warm saline water. Get shringe at drug stores everywhere.
Jan 11, 2010
50 Yes
13 No
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