How do I cure my viral Inner-ear infection?
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Have you been diagnosed?  Try OTC anti-histamines Claritin, Benadryl etc.  Antihistamines will help dry up the fluid in the inner ear, if that is what is causing the dizziness. Even with antihistamines it may take a while for the fluid to clear up.\n \nThere can be many other causes of dizziness, low BP, low blood sugar, Meniere's Disease, Vestibular Hydrops, water retention, pregnancy etc. \n\nEar drops are only for the ear drum and external canal.  Drops do not affect inner ear infections unless there is a perforation in the ear drum.\n\nIf you want to see a doctor I strongly suggest an Ear Nose and Throat doctor.\n\nGood Luck:-)
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U can put a small amount of peroxide in your ear or get a product called Swimmer's Ear.
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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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Really about all you can do besides getting antibiotics is treat the symptoms and keep the nasal passages clear which will help the Eustachian tubes to drain a little.  I have heard of an oddball remedy for sinus infections (often sinus infections can lead to an ear infection). A friend told me when he was younger a friend's dad helped him get rid of a sinus infection by inflating some kind of nasal expander in his sinus passages, and then gave him a pill that helped him sleep. And the infection was gone in a few hours. The idea was that all the bacteria laden gunk was cleared allowing proper drainage. \n\nOther than that helpful things may be sleeping so that the head is at an angle by making sure to have a pillow behind the neck, and typical cold remedy type things like humidifiers. Spray decongestents like Afrin can help in the short term.
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You don't state whether you have been prescribed anything by a doctor for your condition.\n\nIf you have been diagnosed properly, as I will assume you have, since you have the medical terminology of your condition, then you should have been prescribed antibiotics and an antihystamine by the doctor.\n\nYou need to dry up the fluids in your ear, and antihystamines will do that.  Also, there is an infection there that needs to be treated with antibiotics.\n\nI have had chronic ear infections for 20 years.  I am very careful about getting water in my ears, and I can avoid getting ear infections by staying on an OTC medication that helps dry up my sinus passages.\n\nI am recently recovered from acute bronchitis and sinusitis, and was lucky enough to avoid the expected ear infections.\n\nSee a doctor immediately.  Hearing loss can happen if prolonged conditions are not treated.
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boil water and inhale the steam it should help you pop your inner ear.
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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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You can use peroxide or alcohol. (I get swimmers ear and that's what I use) Also you can buy the swimmers ear drops from a store like wal-mart for cheap.
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I'd speak to your doctor about Sinusitis to receive his views. He might also decide to refer you to an ear nose and throat specialist. However, there are several steps you can take to alleviate the problems:\n\n* Breathe most air - obtain a vaporiser or humifier;\n\n* alternate hot and cold compresses - put a hot compress across your nose for three minutes followed by a cold one for 30 seconds - repeat three times and do this two to six times a day;\n\n* obtain an over the counter rinse medication to wash out irritants;\n\n* drink plenty of fluids;\n\n* over the counter medications depending on which pain relief works best for you;\n\n* decongestants if it is an allergy including nasal steroids if appropriate;\n\n* if you are into alternative medicine, Chinese herbalists recommend Magnolis Flower. Anfelica, mint and chrysanthemum are also used although none of these methods are scientifically proven.
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I'm having ear trouble myself these days.  I've been reading about it on the web site I've included below.  It says that sometimes, the ear drum bursts, releasing the fluid and making the child feel better. (Burst ear drums usually heal up by themselves.) While most ear infections improve without any treatment, doctors prefer to use antibiotics to clear up severe cases.\n\nI hope this helps and your niece is better soon.
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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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There's isn't a total cure, there are ways to alleviate the symptoms of Meniere's disease (vertigo, tinnitus, and temporary loss of hearing).  You can have various surgeries done to alleviate these symptoms.  Or there are certain medications that can be taken to help alleviate these symptoms.  In either case, you should discuss your options with your doctor, and together figure out your best course of action.
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Ever tried ear candling (find them at the health food store)?  Sinus lavage (warm salt water through sinuses) and sinus massage (warm compress over face followed by rubbing over sinus passages)?  Drinking extra water and something like Mucinex to thin secretions (which helps prevent mucus from getting stuck and creating a ripe infection atmosphere)?\nI have terrible allergies and a tendancy towards sinus/throat/ear infections.  These things have helped me tremendously, along with taking claritan d and mucinex every day.
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go to the doctor so that you at least know what's wrong with your ear, don't self medicate until you know what the problem is
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I know money is an issue, but having an ear infection can lead to deafness...\n\nThere are NO antibiotic for an ear infection over the counter...\n\nCall the doctor you last saw and tell them you don't have insurance... Maybe they will give 50% off the usual & customery fees...\n\nGood Luck!
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You can take vitamins and l-lysing until it is coming out your ears, but it won't do anything to rid your body of the virus. Nor would any supplements do anything to prevent the initial infection of occuring. Only anti-viral medications can curb an outbreak but will not cure the infection.
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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