How do you remove ear wax that has plugged up an ear?
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There are several ways, but first You should go to a Chemist and get some drops that soften the earwax as it can be quite hard. You can go to your local GP after a few days of this being used and have your ears syringed. You can also do it naturally with ear candles which are available from most health food shops. The larger ones are better.These are called hopi ear candles. There are also people out there that do ear candling for you, these are better candles and it works really well.
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Steps \nTake a small bowl, and add some warm water. \nAdd an equal or slightly lesser amount of Hydrogen Peroxide. \nFill the ear syringe with this mixture. \nLie on your side, and insert a small amount of the mixture into the affected ear with the syringe. (unaffected side to the 'down side') \nRemain lying on your side for 5 to 15 minutes. You should be able to hear the Hydrogen Peroxide bubbling in your ear. \nWhen the bubbling sound stops, place the second small bowl under your ear, and turn your head to drain the ear into the bowl. \nRefill the syringe, and with the bowl under your ear, squirt the mixture into your ear with a slight amount of pressure. You should be able to feel the pressure from the liquid, but don't squeeze the syringe so hard that it causes pain. Repeat this step until you are out of the water/peroxide mixture. \n\n\n\nTips \nHeating the peroxide may help. Fill a sink with hot water, and place the bottle of peroxide in the hot water for a few minutes before performing preocedure. \nIt is best NOT to use a 'waterpic', or other mechanized water jet. If you cannot hear due to ear clog out of one or the other ear, it is best to see your health professional (a doctor, Nurse Practitioner or Physicians Assistant) at your local health clinic. \nWarnings \nDon't do this if you have experienced recent head trauma or air travel. \nThis procedure is intended to remove natural ear wax from ears. If there is a foreign object obstructing an ear, consult a doctor. \nPlacing cotton in your ear while lying on your side may help to prevent spills. (Never force the cotton into the ear canal, just 'snug' it into the outer ear opening, and be sure to lay with the ear being treated on the UP side.) \nDO NOT try this if there is any opening in the eardrum. (ie. ruptured eardrum, or tubes) \nMake sure when using the syringe to insert the mixture, there is enough room around the tip of the syringe for air to escape from your ear. \nDO NOT try to attach any kind of 'needled dispenser' to the syringe! At no point should any part of the syringe enter the ear. \nFor your comfort, make sure the water is warm as cold water will cause a violent reaction. Squirting cold water in the ear is how comatose victims are tested for consciousness. \nThings You'll Need \n2 Small bowls (1 to contain the cleaning solution and fill the syringe the other to catch the drained solution.) \nHydrogen Peroxide \nWater \nEar Syringe (Can be purchased at local pharmacy) \nCotton
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heat up about a cup of salt in a frying pan - just keep stirring it around to get it hot.  Once it's hot, pour it into an old sock and place the sock on our ear (you may have to let it cool a minute or two)  The heat from the sock will soothe your pain and will clear the gunk in your ear
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I had this problem for quite awhile and used Q-tips to help. I worked in a hospital and went to the ER. and asked one of the doctors to check it out for me. She said my ear canal was "clean as a whistle". The problem?-too LITTLE ear wax from overuse of the Q-tips. I stopped using them and the problem resolved.
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Earwax is made in the outer ear canal. This is the area between the fleshy part of the ear on the outside of your head (the part you can see) and the middle ear. The skin in the outer ear canal has special glands that produce earwax. The fancy name for this waxy stuff is cerumen (say: suh-roo-mun). \n\nAfter the wax is produced, it slowly makes its way through the outer ear canal to the opening of the ear. Then it either falls out or is removed when you wash. In most people, the outer ear canal makes earwax all the time, so the canal always has enough wax in it. \n\nSo why do we need wax? Earwax has two important jobs. First, it contains special chemicals that fight off infections that could hurt the skin inside the ear canal. Second, it acts as a shield between the outside world and the eardrum. When dust, dirt, and other things enter your ear, the earwax traps them so they can't travel any further. \n\nIf you want to get rid of earwax, pay close attention to what to do: nothing! Most kids don't need to do anything special to remove earwax. If you wash your hair regularly, this is enough to keep your ears clean. Don't use a cotton swab, your finger, or anything else to poke around inside your ear to remove earwax. Your ear canal and eardrum are very delicate, and you may hurt them or cause bleeding by trying to get rid of wax this way. Poking around in your ear can also push and pack the wax in further. \n\nIn some kids, one or both ear canals make extra earwax. If this sounds like you, tell an adult. Doctors often can prescribe special medicines that are placed in the ear to get rid of extra wax.
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This has happened to me.  I finally discovered that there was a buildup of ear wax that had gotten so bad it completely filled the ear canal.  The only way to get it out that I found is ear wax drops you can get at a drugstore.  It usually takes a day or two of putting the drops in and flushing with water. It takes so long its easy to think it isn't working.  When it finally comes out it is a huge relief!\n\nGood luck!
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put a lttle bit of rubbing alcohol in your ears it helps
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qtips are safe as long as you do not insert them into the ear canal.\n\nmy aunt is a nurse and she says to use hydrogen peroxide. while you are in the shower just dump a cap ful into your ear. it will feel funny, but it will dissolve the ear wax. \n\nanother option is to go see your doctor and they will clean your ears with a warm water bath
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Go to a vitamin shop, like GNC, Vitamin Shop etc. They have these weird little things called ear cones. You place them in your ear and light it on fire, it sucks out the wax. I have done this a few time and it is odd. Be carefull not to burn your head!
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this might sound pretty gross...how about when you have a bunged up ear and then a bit of excavating reveals a big glob of wax. that is pleasure...
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Yes, it tends to compress the ear wax and turn it into a hard lump, which can then get pushed further down your ear canal by the Q-tip. Also, the sensation of the Q-tip rubbing on the skin of the ear can cause the ear to produce more wax. One way to get cleaner ears is actually to clean them LESS! \n\nAn Audiologist who lectured me at university said that the skin of your ears moves from the inside of the ear outwards as it grows so it naturally brings all the wax out with it, and using Q-tips etc to clean the ear worked contrary to this. He reckoned you just needed to wash the outside of the ear, and not put anything into the ear canal itself.\n\nIf you have REALLY waxy ears, you might need your doctor to syringe them, or get ear drops from a pharmacy that dissolve the stuff and let it drain out.
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if your using qtips cool it, your ear needs some wax in it for protection
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Try a dry paper towel and an Iron.  Keep changing the towel as it takes up the wax.\n\nGood Luck.
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If you want to ease the pain until you can get to the doctor try a few drops of warm sweet oil or Coloidal Silver Drops ----fill ear canal place a tissue over ear for about 6 minutes and it will kill any bacteria or virus.
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you should go to the doctor and have him remove the wax the proper way \nthank you
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Pluck them out or wax!\n\nGood luck!
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I had ear surgery 5 years ago to repair my ear drum. My doctor recommends hydrogen peroxide every so often to keep both ears clean. Just put a few drops in (sounds like a steak sizzling on the grill),let it sit for a few minutes, then rinse with warm faucet water. Works great!!