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It sounds minor but is driving me up the wall. I've called NHS direct and they sid it could be up to 10hrs before they call me back as they are bust with the heat. My GP cant see me till monday so the combined wisdom of all meical personnel is required please.

I got water in my ear whilst swimming yesterday and it wont come out or go away. I'm about 80% deaf in that ear and no matter what i do to try and shift the water it wont go.

Things ive tried.

Standing on one foot and hoping up and down - my usual "cure" - nothing.
Tissues carefully pushed in to try mop it up - nothing
Pulling/pushing/streching ear - nothing
Sleeping on that side all night - nothing.

Please, please help me if you have any other usefull ideas or suggestions.

And no, i'm not doing a Van Gough before anyone suggests that.

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Go chat to your local pharmacist ;)

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Does't that just drive you mad? It will come out in its own time I have that before, maybe just try lying down with that ear onto the pillow, it should really just run out.

Oh too add never try to anything bigger than your elbow in your ear.

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Eah Yuk.:)

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Thanks Jo, didnt think of that and there is one a few minutes down the road too. D'oh!

erm...

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Erm is that one perscription only BB? ;)

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Thats only available in Yorkshire, on the shelf next to the Eah By Ghum I believe :)

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Suck a mint.

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did you dive in or go to the bottom of the pool at the deep end?

the reason i ask is my mate went to the bottom at th edeep end of a pool last week and has damaged the outer part of the eardrum.

don't poke anything into your ear even tissue as it could cause further damage.

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Thanks Grinchy...will suck a mint as i take a walk to the chemist but please keep your advice flowing in case i get back from the chemist with no joy.

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You won't want to hear this but the same thing happened to me and I remained partially deaf for almost a YEAR! Then one morning I woke up and could hear perfectly well again... just like that.

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Try going to your local walk-in centre. No appointment needed. ;)

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNH...entresFAQ.aspx

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Surely you meant...

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you tried warm water from a syringe?

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I once got a ball bearing stuck in my ear. Could hear it rattling around. Sooo annoying.

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Oh medical advice. Get a new ear plug. Squeeze it really tight and slowly insert it into your ear until it starts getting painful.

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top tip...never take medical advice from a doctor that put a ball bearing in his ear :-)

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toooshay

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Assuming I do come to Soho tonight...I'll have my Sodium Bicarbonate ear-drops with me (dangerously, in the same size bottle as the Silicon drops I carry for un-siezing locks).

I constantly struggle with blocked ears, swollen ear canals, and ear infections....you kind of get used to it after a while.

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OK sucked a mint all the way to the chemist - nothing.
Asked chemist for advice and was told to just wait it out :roll: which i guess is better than being sold a bottle of something and told it'll fix it but it costs £10 and find it does nothing.
i honestly cant see how putting more liquid in my ear will help th water trapped in there to come out but i'm gonna go jump in the shower now and see if more water gently allowed in might convince the other water to come out and play.


You're right, didnt wanna read that but thanks for the eal world honesty all the same.

Thanks for the linky, why the NHS Direct girl didnt suggest this on the phone i dont know. Aint got time today now as i gotta go Soho meet tonight so may well try this tomorrow :)

Aint got a syringe and tbh i'd be worried i'd do myself some damge or make it worse. tried dripping water in it from my fingers and using a wet finger to creat a little suction in there.... but nothing :(

tried that yesterday at the trackday. Seemed logical and easy .... and it didnt work :(

Now i'm not sure i wanna know how or why there was a ball bearing in there, lol. But i'll top that by saing i had the hard cristy bit of popcorn in my ear once many years ago. It only came out after i woke up to find some nice almost black blood had oozed out my ear and stuck my face to my pilliow.

Both my eardrums are perforated from years of raving but they work fine so not too fussed but this one deaf ear scenario is driving me nuts.

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i'm no medical expert. but i think you have dislodged some ear wax further down into your ear. as said sodium bicarbonate ear drops should shift it.

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Yeah probally, you know what I mean thought:D

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Go have a bath, sumerge the head in water and shake to coax out the water in your ear. We all know water likes to stick to itself, so it might work?

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Same here, mine was called divorce though. :D

Spidey, place a peanut in your deaf ear, then pour in some chocolate, it'll come out a treat :takeabow:


For the younger generation who don't know what i'm on about, it used to a sweet that us old farts used to eat years ago. You'll knom them as M&M's, but if i said it'll come out an M&M it wouldn't have the same comedy value. :-dd

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Still on top form i see :lol: And i'm old enought to remember treats too.

But if i pour custard and jelly and force in some sponge in the other ear i might make me a trifle deaf and then at least i'd have some equilibrium.

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WD40? :)

Disperses water doesn't it? ;)

I know nothing, ignore me.

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Well at least it won't be rusty!

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place your hand over the ear to form as good a seal as you can, gently massage ina a pumping motion, try several times. also try lying with your head in a bath, ears covered, then bringing it out of the water. This might help.

Cheers

Alex

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PMSL, A+ for creative thinking tho i dont think i'l be trying that anytime soon.

Tried the hand cupping thing mte - nothing.
Just had a shower and tried it under the running water too - nothing.

Also tried filling ear with as much water as possible by dripping it off my finger while head was tilted over - nothing.
So tried filing it again and then placing a bit of tissue in there with it in the hope that as it absorbs the water it will alos pull that oter water with it...relying on the properties of water tension now... and sitting here typing with a wad of tissue sticking out my ear :lol:

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Dude this how get water out of year, can't belive none of you haven't thought about this yet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0vvMPR0VCo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w9rs...eature=related

of if you just wanna pick, yum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIVXB...eature=related

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sounds obvious, but it used to happen to me all the time when swimming when I was a kid.
Jump onto a bed landing sideways (obviously not from too high - dont damage anything else!) with your 'full' ear pointing downwards and it should just drain straight out!

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This is fascinating stuff! Not sure i can offer any useful suggestions, swinging between skyscrapers hanging on a thread of spidey silk maybe.... i cant wait to find out what finally works, keep us posted x

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Cover your nose with two fingers, then *blow*your nose gently. This should help, it worked for me.

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Spidey pop round here and I'll get my wet vac on it, that should sort it

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Ultrasound it, or using resonant (higher) frequencies, you can break up the water/blockage.

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Not tried it but worth a shot i guess.

Haha... all the best Spidey swinging in the world was tried first of course

Keeping you posted...i've taken Messie's advice. She told me at Soho tonight so its not on here but i'm currently sitting here with an ear full of olive oil, head tilted to one side as i type. My strange life experiences count just went up by one. :lol:

First technique of choice tbh but sadly not a hope of enought pressue as it feels really in there.


PMSL DD, i was thinking of getting the Henry out and and letting him give me a good sucking. Ooo er n all that.

Hmmm, wonder who i know who works with such gear. I'm sure my sciency type frind Mr A*Hero could get his hands on something.
Slightly worried i might dislodge a brain cell and i think the other one would be lonely if that happened. :help:


Keep em comming guys, nothing worked so far and its getting to the point where i'm thinking of cutting my head off so i can poke my ear from the inside. Sticking my head back on might be the downside of that little idea tho :(

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Seen this post very late
Try not to put anything into your ear, it sounds like you have a perforated eardrum as you are unable to regulate the airspace in your ear and the water has possibly gone into the inner ear.

Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! is all I can say, if it's really making you that stressed you could try local A&E but remember its Friday (fight night) and it will be heaving.
Do not try putting anything else in until he has used the auroscope and determine whether the eardrum is intact, you may exacerbate the problem.

Hope you are better soon x, its really unpleasant but try to bear with it until you know for sure.

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Hope ya get some sleep and feel better in the am dude:cool:

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Do try and keep up Miss Moneypenny ;)


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lie on floor, get large friend to attach kitchen sink plunger over the offending ear and have at it ;)

Sorry mate, go to sleep on that side and hope for the best, see the doc on monday.