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so i've been deaf in my left ear for ~4 days now.
it doesn't hurt at all, no other symptoms, so i figure infection is out of the question. my suspicion is that it has something to do with impacted ear wax or something... but it's a bit curious.
basically its just plugged.

i've tried softening drops which have done fuck-all, asside from making me feel silly.

(health center at school isn't open this week so traditional medicine is still out of reach for the near future)

any ideas?

go see a doctor? i would have done this after just one day...

goto your GP and get your ears washed out.

otherwise, try rinsing gently with tapwarm water

Pext wrote:go see a doctor? i would have done this after just one day...

i live in america... which means i have no insurnace and doctors are a bit pricey for something "trivial"

saturn wrote:goto your GP and get your ears washed out.

otherwise, try rinsing gently with tapwarm water

ahh, just the man i was looking for.
would submerging my head in a bath be helpful?
or should i get some sort of ear-washing bulb-turkey-baster thing from the drug store?

something like that, just get the water in your earcanal gently

with salt. salt always helps.

jam it down with a pencel.

My ex used the softening drops and then used a heating pad and slept on the side that was stopped up. It helped abit but honestly, it didn't all come out until he went to a doctor and they shot water into his ear and knocked it out.

Dr_Watson wrote:
i live in america... which means i have no insurnace and doctors are a bit pricey for something "trivial"

You might want to look into getting some...

Doombrain wrote:jam it down with a pencel.

bwahaha

Dr_Watson wrote:

Pext wrote:go see a doctor? i would have done this after just one day...

i live in america... which means i have no insurnace and doctors are a bit pricey for something "trivial"

oh... is that true? i did not know it was that bad :/

Pext wrote:

Dr_Watson wrote:

Pext wrote:go see a doctor? i would have done this after just one day...

i live in america... which means i have no insurnace and doctors are a bit pricey for something "trivial"

oh... is that true? i did not know it was that bad :/

no, not true. it means insurance isn't free.

Dr_Watson wrote:..and doctors are a bit pricey for something "trivial"

sure sure

right... so tomorrow's mission will be to obtain an ear-baster for flushing.

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:no, not true. it means insurance isn't free.

i would be surprised if it was. is it expensive?

Pext wrote:

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:no, not true. it means insurance isn't free.

i would be surprised if it was. is it expensive?

extremely... unless you have a job that gives you good benefits.

Pext wrote:

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:no, not true. it means insurance isn't free.

i would be surprised if it was. is it expensive?

that depends on your employers choice of providers. i'm paying around $60 /month for full medical/dental/vision

I've had that several times, i found that blasting it in the shower with one of the jets helped after a while.
Also my research found that earbuds/cotton buds made things worse.

just gave blood and urine (random test) at a lab today, had a 12-lead ecg test last week, still need to drop by to round out the remainder of the tests (requires fasting) and provide even more urine

yep

I pulled out a big chunk of ear wax with tweezers once.

here you go, watson

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1465444.stm

well sort of

Had the exact same thing before. I used one of those wax removal systems; drops, and squeezy blaster combo. After working it with the blaster for a really long time, it finally gave way, piece after piece, goober after goober. Don't be afraid to really blast some fucking water in there.

When Zark gets to this thread he's totally going to recommend the remedy from Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. I know he's a Chuck fan.

You totally have to wrap up a piece of paper like a funnel, stick the small end in your ear, and light the other end on fire.*


*do not attempt unless you like trying remedies written by seemingly mentally unstable authors (Chuck rocks)

I don't doubt that it would work though

No, you're supposed to do it locked in a dark bathroom while really really intoxicated.

I dont see what could go wrong.

you know what a cake tester is? ya, it's this thing:



when i was little i thought i'd experiment to see how far i could stick it in my ear. let's just say it hit my ear drum far earlier than i expected... OUCH!