Ears blocked after flu - suggestions

[Hoopla5005]

So been down all week with the flu :-( started Monday night. Just started to feel a bit better today and have more energy then my hearing goes. Every time I get a cold / flu my hearing is messed up for a good 10 days afterwards until it eventually drains. Does anyone else have this problem and have any quick fix remedies :-( I’m getting so fed up of this secondary illness which prolongs me feeling rubbish for an extra 1-2 weeks!!!! And it’s after every single cold!!!!!

They're maybe due a syringe / microsuction out. They could be partially blocked all the time but you don't notice. Excess fluid during a cold completes the blockage until it drains.

Perhaps avoid dairy and drink lots of water.

I used to have them syringed a lot when I was younger but never seemed to help at the time weirdly

My illness has now made me have a constant chesty cough which is fabulous, stuffy head, blocked nose and ears, lethargic, headache and now cough. Been 7 days now. Feeling sorry for myself!!

Perhaps avoid dairy and drink lots of water.

Will do absolutely nothing to resolve your ear problems.

You poor thing. I really sympathise. Struggled with ear problems all my life.

Time is the best healer (sorry)
You may be able to aid by steamy water in a bowl and towel over your head. Deep breaths.

But really time

Try s decongestant, Sudafed for example?

Google, massage for blocked ears, there are quite a few videos so try one of those.

First thing to try is inhaling steam, head over a bowl for 10 minutes. I’d try Sudafed drugs as well. It could be you just need to decongest. If it doesn’t settle in a week or so you’ll need to see your GP.

Dairy and gluten absolutely, 100 per cent, clog my sinuses and my daughter’s ears....

Dairy and gluten absolutely, 100 per cent, clog my sinuses and my daughter’s ears....

Well then you and your daughter are allergic if you have this reaction every time you have dairy and gluten.

Although that would be very serious (coeliac)

My daughter has an otovent, maybe this would help you. It's a device to blow up a balloon with your nose.

Actually, just remembered you're not supposed to use it when ill and not sure how effective it would be using it when not ill to encourage drainage when you are. Not very helpful, sorry!

Workreturner, dairy encourages mucus production. Avoiding it when you have a cold can reduce the heaviness. I thought this was pretty well known!

@eurochick

Please link to any bona guide medical website. NHS etc that actually refers to this!!

It'll clear in a week or two

I found frequent use of a saline nasal spray helped.

No my daughter and I are not “allergic”, we are “intolerant” which isn’t really recognised medically.

Which is a damn shame really as we have both avoided surgery and countless rounds of antibiotics since working it out.

But hey, it’s all anecdotal!

Yes dairy can definitely exacerbate mucous production. True dairy allergies are less common, intolerances are more common. Coeliac isn’t an allergy as such, it’s an autoimmune condition that reacts to gluten consumption.

Hey I realise this is really old but I’m struggling after a really phlemy cold my ears feel weird like more sensitive to sound. Any ideas?

Hi Hoopla5005
I have the same problem (I know this post is from 2018) and was wondering if you got an answers or help and advice on what might be causing the ear problems after every cold?
I’m currently having problems with both ears after starting with a head cold a few days ago, it’s awful.
Any advice would be helpful x

Hi I also posted on here looking for some help. I had to take nasal spray for quite a while to get my ears back to normal.

ACCx did it work? What did you use please.