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Originally Posted by The Heron
oh you went through the experience? whoopie
He already said he tried to ride it out but if the pain is that bad and it is involving his jaw/mouth then I'd say it's moved beyond an outer ear infection to where home remedies are useless and most actually cause more damage.
I hope you do stick shit in your ear, ruptured ear drums are cool
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True, he may have let it get to the point where the staph have moved thru the cells into the inner ear.
The peroxide treatment could still clear the cause of the infection, dirty moisture trapped behind wax in the outer ear.
He asked for home treatments, I described the one I was recommended by an ear nose and throat specialist I went to when I had the same problem.
The consumer ear probe has a blocking flange the prevents it from being inserted too deeply into the ear canal. It's safe enough to be sold over the counter, and is a much better tool for the job that most of the things one can stick in one's ear.
However, as I said, it's best used as a preventative, not when the ear is inflamed.
I've never tried alcohol, and have no opinion on it.
I have tried the ear wax removal kits with lavage bulb and concentrated peroxide you can buy over the counter, in my experience warm ordinary hydrogen peroxide works better. The lavage bulb is sometimes useful, but is not that pleasant to use.
My point about reducing the use of antibiotics when possible still stands. Antibiotics, while miraculous, are not always the best solution. They are a resource to be conserved.
I actually do/did have a ruptured eardrum, which has since resealed I have been told, because I was young when it happened, and I agree they are not fun.