Clogged ears

[yhelothar]

whoa how do you get that much wax in your ears? I clean mine out whenever I can hear something moving inside, which is usually about every other month. I've never had any noticeable hearing loss from wax.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
whoa how do you get that much wax in your ears? I clean mine out whenever I can hear something moving inside, which is usually about every other month. I've never had any noticeable hearing loss from wax.

i think the wax plugs were left from childhood because i've never had that kind of accumulation since getting them out. they were literally small-peanut sized, so hard that i couldn't even crush them with my fingers. i couldn't even believe that those came out from my ears... still makes my skin crawl thinking about it.

 

[thomsbrain]

i have this problem sometimes and it doesn't seem to be earwax related. a decongestant helps a little.

 

[jagec]

pinky finger with a long nail

 

[Taejin]

What the heck is wrong with you people.

You never use a bamboo ear pick? It's basically a small length of bamboo with a curved end that's been blunted so it doesn't scratch your ear.

You can gently dislodge ear wax particles/kinda scrape them off. I clean out my own ears every 2 weeks or so while idling at the computer.

I have never had to go see a doctor about my ears.. maybe this is an asian thing? dunno.

 

[lavagirl669]

you've probably got a wax build up problem

you need a Doctor to take that out.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Don't listen to anyone here, they have no idea what their talking about. Wax doesn't clog up your ear like that.
What you have is middle ear infection, also known as ottis media. It happens when your eustachian tube, which is a tube connecting your nasal cavity to your middle ear, gets clogged up after fluid from your nasal cavity gets into your middle ear(usually from blowing your nose really hard, nasal cavitiy flooded with fluids, or sneezing).
The remedy is to see a doctor, and have a tube surgically installed onto your eardrum to drain out the fluids.
After the tube is removed, you will experience about a 10% permanent hearing lost on your ear.
Speaking from experience, I had it three times.

You cannot diagnose an infection over the intarweb. I can, however, tell you with 99% certainty that given the symptoms he has descibed, he has an ear wax blockage. I get them in the fall & winter as a result of increased indoor sedentary activity.
A bit of warm water squirted into the ear with the ear bulb, should do it. Some Hydrogen peroxide will also help the process.
I have seen blobs as big as a pencil erasure come out of my ear.
If it doesn't come out with a few applications, go see a doctor and make sure you don't have an infection.

I've had HUGE pieces of wax in my ear before. One that required small tweezers to remove. And even that didn't affect my hearing much. Ear wax can cause marginal hearing loss. But what he's discribing is muffling. Muffling usually indicates ear infection.

I had exactly the same thing as the OP a while back. My doctor syringed (warm water, not the method you're talking about) my ears and it cured it.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: xEDIT409
Aw man, I had my right ear clogged for a week last year. It was hell.

I did some weird ass things, like take a suction to the ear to suck it out.

One day, I had this silly idea that maybe big soundwaves can break up the wax. So I turned my PC speakers up to the FULLEST, and closed my left ear, put my right ear RIGHT NEXT to the speaker, and pressed play. I didn't effect it one bit... but it was kinda cool.

Just rough it out. That's what I ended up doing.
Good luck!

For crying out loud... :roll:

Enjoy your increasing deafness as time goes on.

 

[BannedTroll]

Originally posted by: Taejin
What the heck is wrong with you people.

You never use a bamboo ear pick? It's basically a small length of bamboo with a curved end that's been blunted so it doesn't scratch your ear.

You can gently dislodge ear wax particles/kinda scrape them off. I clean out my own ears every 2 weeks or so while idling at the computer.

I have never had to go see a doctor about my ears.. maybe this is an asian thing? dunno.

I use a bobby pin.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: BannedTroll

Originally posted by: Taejin
What the heck is wrong with you people.

You never use a bamboo ear pick? It's basically a small length of bamboo with a curved end that's been blunted so it doesn't scratch your ear.

You can gently dislodge ear wax particles/kinda scrape them off. I clean out my own ears every 2 weeks or so while idling at the computer.

I have never had to go see a doctor about my ears.. maybe this is an asian thing? dunno.

I use a bobby pin.

Bwahahaha.