Blocked Ear

[Sofie]

For the last few days, I've had a blocked left ear. I spoke to my dad earlier and he put some ear drops in and told me that I'm going to have to put the drops in for the next few days. He also told me to clean my ears out when I wash my face or have a shower.

Is there anything I can do so that my ears don't get blocked in the future?

[bexie]

try washing ur eaars out with warm water and baby oil...
it tends to help my ears..
xxxx

[raistlin]

Nah. I don't really know how you can prevent it. I have had this problem and used the drops for several days and it did nothing to help. I then went in to the gp and they flushed the ear out and it was all better. Just thought I should mention that option if it doesn't seem to get much better with the drops.

[Aidee]

If you have problems with your ears getting blocked you shouldn't use q-tips or swabs in them, as that just pushes the cerumen (wax) further back into your ear.

There is over the counter ear wax removal stuff you can buy in the store, that involves drops and a flush. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, or you have ear pain your GP or even the nurse in your GPs office may be able to do it for you.