Blocked ear, drops not working!!😖

[ArseInTheCoOpWindow]

It says on the bottle to use for 3 days and l have.

I’m still deaf as a post in that ear. What do l do now. Nothings changed at all. Except it hurts a bit.

What drops are you using? Is it olive oil? If so I don't find them to work, I use the fizzy sort (basically bicarb I think) then after a few days use a little rubber bulb thing to swoosh it out. I think Otex do a kit with both in. It's the only option really, my gp won't syringe and microsuction is expensive.

I’ve been using Otex, but it’s not budging.

Persist!

I had a blocked ear last year, NHS website said use drops for a week and if no change see GP. There was no change, so I saw GP, who shrugged because they're not syringing at the moment. Persisted. It cleared halfway through the second week.

I find the drops make it easier to shift but you do need to use the rubber bulb thingy to get it out.

Boots own brand ear drops are good. You can hear the fizzing when you put it in your ear! Then fill the Otex rubber bulb with warm water after a few days and squirt away.

I got a big lump of wax out the other week doing this. V satisfying

DP had a really blocked ear a while back. The Otex drops softened the wax, but there was too much for it to make it's own way out, even with a good dowsing in the shower. So he used a pipette, and warm salt water (boiling water, salt, and left to cool) and very gently washed his ear out after using the drops.

(Disclaimer! Neither of us are in any way medically trained, and I can't vouch for the safety of doing this.)

Definitely persist but personally I'm gonna pay £50 to go to Boots and get them professionally done with that micro suction thingy when Covid is over.

I love using hydrogen peroxide solution on mine. The fizzing is amazing.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow which Otex though? They make olive oil and also the bicarb sort. In either case, the bulb/pipette solution is probably what you need to flush the softened wax out (assuming that's what's causing it). Agree with pp, be careful though - I was only brave enough because Otex are allowed to sell it!

I had the same , just wouldn't shift so I paid and had them syringed privately.

Lie with Head on the side on a hot water bottle or hot wheat filled pad - don't scald, lie for as long as you want.

It’s the hydrogen peroxide one. I hear no fizzing, and stlll as deaf as a post.

I’m scared of that bulb thing....

Hmmm, I always have fizzing. Could be an infection in that case. You need someone to look in it but it's unlikely you'll get a face to face gp appointment, very frustrating. Only way to know for sure might be to book microsuction, I think they are still open.

Please don’t wait. Call your GP or go to boots or an audiologist. It may not simply be wax. Take this from someone who has lost their hearing. Go, don’t wait.