Severe pain and ear infection

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

I just got over an ear infection a week or so ago...

Mostly, my ear hurt (same as you, to talk, lay down, swallowing, god forbid I hiccup, I thought my brain was going to explode...) and he actually flushed it out at the doctor cuz my ears were pretty waxy. It hurt pretty bad, but it helped a lot.

Heat also helped, so I'd try the hair dryer trick, lol.

[kt_luvs_kitties]

Glad that your ear is feeling a little better. Ear aches hurt. When I was a child, I had the worst one my doctor had ever seen. He actually took pictures and all. He also told my mom to do the blow dryer thing like Karen suggested, to keep ear infections from starting. I still do that just in case

I remember taking BUNCHES of antibiotics, and also my mom put warm oil (dont know what kind in) and it helped a bit.

I cried for a week straight. It hurt, and whenever I would move, it would feel like someone jabbing a knife in my ear.

I will never forget that.

I pray it gets better fast!

[Medusa]

My mom put some warm sweet oil in my ear and my dad would have me put my head on his lap while he blew cigarette smoke into my ear. I guess maybe the nicotine helped the pain but it worked every time. Glad to hear that some of the pressure is being relieved in your ear now.

[Nomilynn]

Thanks everyone.

I think the prayers alone must be working because I didn't have any pain in my ear all night long. I woke up a couple of times because I was coughing, but at least my ear didn't hurt!

The only thing now is it is constantly ringing, which I'm sure will go away once it has unplugged.

And since I woke up in a coughing fit at 6am this morning, I already have a very clean and organized house - I got all my chores done by 8:30am!! (well except vacuuming.. didn't think my apartment neighbours would like to hear that come to life at 6.30am!!! )

[Catty1]

Good news! It is SO great to have that kind of pain GONE!

God forbid you should ever get another one - but now you have all these first aid tips just in case!

[ramanth]

Feel better soon! I had a horrible ear ache last year and mineral oil helped a lot.

[anna_66]

Sorry to hear you were having such a bad ear ache. I hope the ache stays away.

I wanted to share my mothers home remedy. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it.
When I was young I used to suffer from terrible ear aches quite often.

We were on a trip once and I was in a lot of pain. We were staying the night at my uncles house and he had two boys so my mom asked one of them to pee in a cup If I hadn't been hurting so much I probably would have put up a fight, but being what it was I let her put a few drops in. No kidding, within an hour my ear ache was completely gone!
Gross, but it worked