I have earache and it hurts [sad]

[SlightlyMadSweden]

hurts to swallow
hurts to yawn (and I am tired but not sleepy IYSWIM)

it just hurts ...

I feel for you - I had a 3 week earache earlier this year
My Mum used to put warm olive oil in my ear to ease earache when I was little!

My Mum did teh war olive oil thing too!!

Apparantly though, heat can make it worse....

Hope you feel better soon. Earache is awful

2 weeks ago I had a mild fluey type virusy thing with mega swollen glands

Last week everything else was gone but glands were still a abit swollen and ears became horribly blocked (not painful - just uncomfortable)

Last couple of days I have been taking sudafed capsules o try and unblock the canals - and the blocked pressure sensation does seem to have eased.

Now I seem to be left with 1 swollen gland and proper earache on one side....

The olive oil is to loosen and remove wax, sometimes wax can press against eardrum causing pain from outside. This is deffo from the inside....

Aw get well soon SMS

earache and toothache are horrid, hope you feel better soon

No and no- have just recovered from that fluey thing, but wasn't particularly 'coldy' with it - not particularly snuffly or coughy...I suspect it is the swollen glands/tonsils that have triggered it.

I know swollen glands can take a while to go down... (I am an immunologist ), my GP doesn't treat ear infections unless they are persistent anyway...

No don't worry - you weren't to know....I know what you were saying though. My glands are going down (and because they were so swollen will take a while - I couldn't swollow paracetamol whole) which is why I am not worried about a current infection. If they weren't residing or flaring I would be more concerned.