Aaarrrgghhh left ear driving me mad!!
Aaarrrgghhh left ear driving me mad!!
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4,291 posts

258 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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My left ear has been driving me mad since Sunday. Been skiing, and in the bus down from the resort it would not "pop". The plane home just made it worse, and now here I am 4 days later with a feeling that it's full of fluid, and all I can hear in it is my own heartbeat.

Tried chewing sweets, those funny yawny movements you do with your jaw, even earwax remover just in case (nothing there). Poking my finger in really hard helps a bit (obviously not into the ear canal, fingers too fat!) but then in a few mins the pressure/fluid feeling is back, along with the de-dum, de-dum, de-dum.

Any pilots/divers/mountain dwellers got any good ideas?

steveT350C

6,728 posts

190 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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K77 CTR

1,662 posts

211 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Steam inhalations, sudafed, lots of fluids and otraivine nose drops/ spray.

Hard-Drive

Original Poster:

4,291 posts

258 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Cheers all. Tried some of those ideas and it's all gone a bit poppy and crunchy so I will perservere!