oral antibiotics or through the ear?
Oral. I have been using my saline spray. Never got the hang of the neti pot. I wasn't sure if a warm compress on my ear would help loosen things up a bit? I'm really concerned about flying on Thursday night.
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sj - Oct 04, 2011 11:06:09 am PDT #700 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Cass - Oct 04, 2011 11:07:16 am PDT #701 of 30001
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Lie on a heating pad (don't get too hot), point a low blow dryer at you ear. These can help ease the pressure. Um, I've had a lot of earaches and they make me cry.
Scrappy - Oct 04, 2011 11:15:40 am PDT #702 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Have you tried mucinex or any other sort of decongestant? It takes a couple of hours, but it works for me.
JenP - Oct 04, 2011 11:16:53 am PDT #703 of 30001
And if there's swelling, probably Advil (or its like), if you can take that with the antibiotic. Well, that won't help it go away, but should make it less painful. If there's swelling.
sj - Oct 04, 2011 11:23:21 am PDT #704 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm taking advil. I have mucinex; I'll try that too. Thanks, everyone!
Laura - Oct 04, 2011 12:21:10 pm PDT #705 of 30001
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That's really interesting. Now I don't know whether to like them because of the whole miracle drug thing, or hate them for the over prescribed cash cow for cardiologists thing.
{{{sj}}} I had bunches of earaches from swimmer's ear before I pretty much stopped ever getting them wet. My most effective treatments were heat on the ear and rum in the belly, but you might not want to listen to me.
Hil R. - Oct 04, 2011 12:26:15 pm PDT #706 of 30001
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I've had tons of ear infections, and I second the recs for heating pad and Mucinex. It sounds silly, but I've also found that pulling on the outside of the ear, the way little kids do when they have an earache, actually does relieve some of the pressure for a few minutes.
Flying with an ear infection sucks, but if you're on the antibiotic already, you should probably be OK for Thursday. It might be helpful to take Sudafed before takeoff, too.
Cass - Oct 04, 2011 12:35:52 pm PDT #707 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
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I do like discovering how things were named though. Sometimes they are so interesting.
Ginger - Oct 04, 2011 1:27:04 pm PDT #708 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Has anyone here had an ear infection before?
My doctor says breathe steam.
Cass - Oct 04, 2011 1:27:54 pm PDT #709 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Steam also good.
Before flying, I'd take an anti-inflam and a Sudafed. Swelling is pain.