Is it safe to put hydrogen peroxide in the ears???
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It shouldn't do anything but clean them. Just tilt your head to the side put some in plug it up with a cottonball for an hour and wa-la! It really shouldnt do anything. So ya, its safe
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Living Under, \nThe Dr. told my husband, mix =1/2 vinegar and 1/2 (70%) isopropyl alcohol <which is regular alcohol>, put in your ear and let set for 5 minutes, then drain it out and wipe them clean. \n\n The Dr. said it's the same stuff that's in most 'ear flush medicine'. It even cleans out hardened ear wax!\n\n We've been doing it for 5 years now. It works great.\nGood Luck.
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sorry but they are all wrong  \nits very simple  \n     1 part vinegar \n     1 part alcohol\nalcohol alone will dry out you inner ear and will just cause more problems
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You can rinse with Hydrogen peroxide just like regular mouthwash. It tastes TERRIBLE though. You are better off getting some Listerine(c)
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For mine I used a mix of equal parts of rubbing alcohol and white vinegar. I had 3 drops put in infected ear , 2 times a day for 5 days and I was able to get rid of my infection.
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Yes. Most drugstores sell a kit with a peroxide/glycerin solution and a bulb that you use over the course of a few days. Has been effective for me. Some people produce excessive ear wax that can be a problem if not removed. I know from experience that if it builds up to the point where a doctor has to remove it that the procedure can be painful.
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A doctor once told me the over use of peroxide in the ear could lead to deterioration of hearing due to the fact it could dissolve the tiny bones that make up the inner ear.
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Hydrogen Peroxide, dab it onto a cotton bud and let it fizz out. Works wonders. Don't waste 70 bucks on a doctor, who won't do jack shit.
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Remedies\nFolk\n\nAlcohol, rubbing Rubbing alcohol not only kills germs but causes water trapped in the ear to evaporate. See the remedies below under vinegar. \n\nApple cider vinegar If you notice water stopping up your ears, put three or four drops, diluted in equal parts with water or alcohol, in your ear after showering or swimming. This is a good preventive measure against future infection.\n\nHair dryer Use the warm (never hot!) setting of your hair dryer and place it about an arm's length from the ear and slowly move it back and forth. Test it on your wrist after it has been running a while before using it on the ear. The warm air will evaporate any trapped water.\n\nVinegar (distilled white) Put 2-3 drops of full strength white vinegar into the ear every two hours. This will be effective against any bacterial or fungal infection.\n\n• Another similar remedy is to make a 50/50 mixture of vinegar and warm water and apply four drops in the ear three times a day for three days. However, the water can harbor bacteria and fungus. One of the other two vinegar remedies is preferred. Pull on the earlobe to straighten out the ear canal. This will get the drops to their destination. The alcohol may sting, but this needs to be done.\n\n• A third vinegar remedy is to make a 50/50 mixture using equal parts of rubbing alcohol and distilled white vinegar. Put the mixture in a clean eyedropper bottle. The alcohol will kill germs and evaporate any water that's trapped in the ear. Use several drops after swimming. Tilt your head and pull your earlobe to get the mixture into the ear canal. This will help cure swimmer's ear or prevent it from happening in the first place. See the caution warning below.\n\nThese remedies can be mixed up in a clean eye dropper bottle.
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The hospitals use hydrogen peroxide. Lay down, put a little in your ears. The bubbles may make it feel a little uncomfortable but just let it set. Once it's been in there a few minutes, turn over on your other side onto some napkins. It will melt the wax.\n\nedit: dont use olive oil like the below recommends. It can accumulate bacteria and cause an ear infection.
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I use 1/2 hydrogen peroxide and 1/2 hot water(sterile) but only you only want mixture lightly warm for use. I put on inside of wrist like baby bottle to test temperature. Pour in ear. It usually tickles like crazy. Our family hasn't gone to doctor for an earache in years. Hope your feeling better!
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Gargle with hydrogen peroxide.
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Clean your ears with Q-Tips you can also pour a little bit of peroxide in your ear to help it.
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What? hahaha.. NO. It may cause your eardrum to be irritated, but it cannot in any way cause brain damage. Please slap whoever told you that!
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Hi Kim\n\nHere are some ideas to clean out your ears.\n\nHerbal Aids \n1.Garlic: Earache, inflammation of the middle ear, ear disease: Pack a small clove of garlic in gauze and place into the external ear passage; or drop 4-5 drops of oil into the ear channel, cover with flannel, and keep warm. \n\n2.Rue: Warm and place several drops of compound oil into the ear. \n\n3.Mullein: Use warm mullein oil, 2-3 drops in the ear 2-3 times daily. Apple cider vinegar is also a healing agent. \n\n4.Hops: Apply a flannel bag of hops, and moist heat over the affected area. \n\n5.Treat Both Ears: The simple, old-fashioned aids are sometimes very fast in giving relief. Always treat both ears, even if only one aches. \n\n6.Onion: Lightly bake a large onion, cut it in half and while warm (not hot enough to irritate the area), bind one half of the onion over each ear. Bandage in place and hold bandage on with a nightcap, white skullcap, etc., and leave on all night. \n\n7.Camomile: Use a fomentation over both ears of three parts of camomile and one part of lobelia. Take two ounces orally (a wineglass full) each two waking hours. Leave the fomentation on the ears all night. (Cover fomentation with plastic or oiled silk, etc.). \n\n8.Mullein: Use three to six drops of mullein oil in both ears several times each day. Insert it upon retiring for the night, and, as before, plug the ears with cotton. Place a fomentation over the ears all night of three parts mullein and one part lobelia. \n\n9.Dr. Christopher's B & B Tincture: When this procedure is used as explained here, it can be an aid in assisting an improvement of poor equilibrium, failure of hearing, aiding the motor nerve, etc. With an eye dropper insert into each ear at night four to six drops of oil of garlic and four to six drops of the following herb tincture: blue cohosh, black cohosh, blue vervain, skullcap, and lobelia, plugging ears overnight with cotton, six days a week, four to six months, or as needed. On the seventh day, flush ears with a small ear syringe using warm apple cider vinegar and distilled water half and half. \n\n10.Flaxseed Meal and Blue Vervain: Made into a poultice with flaxseed meal, using a strong infusion of Blue Vervain instead of plain hot water, it relieves ... earache and ear abscess as well. \n  \n\nTestimonials \n1.Garlic: When my little girl had an earache I put a piece of fresh garlic in her ear and it was better by morning. The previous alternative was to go to the doctor and pay a lot of money for penicillin. \n\n\nBest of health to you
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Yes, please see a doctor! It's very easy to injure your ear drum with q-tips. Damage is irreversible if you don't see a doc promptly.
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Hydrogen peroxide will help kill most bacteria when used to clean an injury. It will also kill some live tissue, but so will a bacterial infection (which would probably damage more tissue than would cleaning the wound in the first place). In the future, just use enough to clean the wound, or, if you are wary about using hydrogen peroxide, you may purchase something like foaming antiseptic made by the Band-Aid company, which works well.