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health advisory Hospital Alternative Medicine 2007-11-16 3:10:47

Answer:

Warm oil I think works, slowly drop it in your ear. I can't promise anything though. Or a warm washcloth over it.

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A heating pad would feel good otherwise you may need medication for an infection.

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Buy sweet oil at the drug store. Put it on a cotton ball and in your ear. My mother did this.

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Hot water bottle. If you don't have one a hot wet towel. If you have a seringe you can fill it with warm water and gently squirt it in your ear.

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For swimmer's ear, use a mixture of equal parts white vinegar and alcohol. Put two or three drops in each ear.

Some else my uncle did when I was a kid. He is a smoker. He would take a puff, and with a straw, he would blow smoke into my ear (don't poke the straw into the ear, just use it to direct the smoke), It dried things up and really helped.

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Stop!! Do Not put any liquid in your ear as you do not know if you have damaged your eardrum and whether or not you may have a pin hole.

Place a potato in the microwave for a few minutes wrap it in a towel and lay it on your ear the heat will help as well as some over the counter ibuprofen until you can be seen by a Dr. The pain of an earache always gets worse in the evening. A potato will hold heat for a reasonably long time if you do not have a heating pad or hot water bottle. I use potatoes on my daughter often when they have an ear infection or ache. It truly helps them so they can rest.