I'm sure that there's nothing I can do but...
I've had an ear infection for like 2 weeks I'm in absolute agony with the pain. I can only try and manage with paracetamol as I'm pregnant.
I damaged my ear by itching inside of it. After a few days I contacted my GP surgery (26th October) and was booked for a telephone appointment(27th October). I was diagnosed over the phone with an ear infection by the nurse and prescribed ear-drops. I didn't get my ear-drops for a further 3 days due to delays at my pharmacy. By the time I had finally got the ear-drops the pain was beginning to improve.
I therefore only administered them twice a day for like a week and then stopped taking them because my ear was absolutely fine. However the pain has returned with a vengeance. I started the drops again as soon as pain started. However I'm on day 3 and in absolute agony. I think the ear may now be blocked as the ear-drops run out of my ear as soon as my head is upright irregardless of how long I've kept my head horizontal. I have hardly any hearing in the affected ear and the pain is radiating in my jaw, teeth, head and neck. The paracetamol is mildly effective against the pain where it becomes more tolerable rather than agony. However this only lasts for a couple of hours before I'm back to being in utter agony.
I'm going to call my gp surgery tomorrow but does anyone have any suggestions for pain relief.
Like I said I'm pregnant so I can't take co-codemol or ibruptofen. I've tried hot and cold compresses and they've made no difference. I've got a toddler at home to add insult to injury and I'm barely able to function the pain is so bad. My day is spent just counting down until I can take paracetamol again just to relieve the pain.
If I didn't think it would make it worse I would cry because of the level of pain I am in