Swimmer's Ear

Titus - Pwn

This is why you should wear earplugs if you swim frequently. A single incident of swimmer's ear should be nightmarish enough to convince you of that.

I'm going to the doctor today, and he's going to clean the wax buildup. Thankfully, I don't think my case was as bad as yours Slaynish because mine doesn't hurt that much anymore. It's just an uncomfortable feeling and now it's itching. You're right though. It does hurt really bad at night. I'm sleeping on my couch now with 3 pillows and a soft blanket on top.

I'm wearing ear plugs when I go swimming from now on.

I have to wait until Friday to get it cleaned out because the doctor said if he puts anything in my ear with the infection still in it, it could cause problems.

Man, I have my own pool and I swim a lot.

We keep it clean though....im guessing you swam at a public pool.

I'd save that fluid that comes out. There's a small chance it could be brain. They may need to.. um.. reinsert that.

That has happened to me before, it sucks because it was hard to hear and I had to wait a week brfore getting it pulled out.

Getting it pulled out? What kind of buildup are we talking? You can't just use a Q-tip on it?

Getting it pulled out? What kind of buildup are we talking? You can't just use a Q-tip on it?

That would be the worst thing to do. I could accidently push it in further, damaging tissue in the canal or middle ear, which could just cause more infections. I'm just going to wait until Friday.

i went to the doctor, he used a suringe filled with water and the force of water going in the ear pushed it out the exact same ear. It felt and was really weird.

But man I was relieved when it was done. The amount of ear wax was equilavent to stacking to dimes on top of eachother. mind you this was 4 years ago.

i went to the doctor, he used a suringe filled with water and the force of water going in the ear pushed it out the exact same ear. It felt and was really weird. But man I was relieved when it was done. The amount of ear wax was equilavent to stacking to dimes on top of eachother. mind you this was 4 years ago.

Are you sure it was water? It was most likely Debrox, which softens the earwax and removes it. Did he stick the suringe down your ear?

Nope, it was water, watched him take it rite from a tap. He set the end in my ear and pushed the water in, its force pushed the wax out the only way.

I had to use eardrops for a week before going in to get the wax removed. Im guessin the drops softened the wax.