WAAAYYYY OT: My right ear...

["TBerk " at sbcglobal.net (T Berk)]

Mike Smith wrote:
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> I've had a bit of a cold lately (as my co-worker said: welcome to the world of married with children) that I picked up from the youngest in the house.  Anyway, I took a shower yesterday and I don't know if it's from the shower or all the nose blowing or a combination of both.  Really don't care how it happened actually, but my right ear is so clogged that everything is muffled and my breathing (chewing, talking, etc.) is amplified in my head.  Driving me nuts.  Feel like I've been in front of a speaker at a Dead Kennedy's show.  Anyone got a "fix" for this or am I going to just have to let it run it's course and wait till it clears?
> 
> Mike
> 

Another thing you might try, (get the assistance of your wife or other
adult), is to lie with the ear upwards and pour a small amount of
Hydrogen Peroxide into the ear canal.

It'll bubble and fizz a bunch and you don't want to leave it in a real
long time but inverting the ear onto a scrap towel should help to:

1. loosen accumulated ear wax and other debris, &

2. fight infection (& the resulting inflammation) from the outside
portion of the ear.


There are similar treatments (Redline anyone?) based on therapeutic oils
you can buy from the pharmacy but you will need to heal an infection
from the inside out.


Flush yourself (but watch out you maintain salts and sugars), get as
much natural vitamins as possible & apply heat as often as possible.


TBerk