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ENT Specialist•Hyderabad
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The ear drops either remain in the ear canal or the excess comes out on its own as soon as you sit up. To make sure the drop are acting effectively, ly down side ways and ask someone to put the drops in. Upur ear. And keep lying down for 5 mins so that the drops can act on the ear.
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Sexologist•Sri Ganganagar
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Just use a washcloth. You also can try putting a few drops of baby oil, hydrogen peroxide, mineral oil, or glycerin in your ear to soften the wax. Or you can use an over-the-counter wax removal kit. Besides cotton swabs or any other small or pointy objects, don't use ear candles to clean your ears.
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ENT Specialist•Delhi
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First you should visit an ent doctor to confirm the diagnosis, and to rule out any infections or any other problem in the ear canal or tympanic membrane. As putting ear drops can be harmful in some situations, also if the was is too much impacted wax solvent drops can lead to ear pain also. After you are sure there is no associated pathology and only wax inear you can put 3 drops 4 times a day for 3 days then visit an ent doctor to get it removed under endoscopic guidance.
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General Physician•Sri Ganganagar
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Swimmer's ear: bacteria may colonize in the ear from contaminated water and cause inflammation and fluid buildup. The discharge is normally foul-smelling and yellow or green in color. Cold or flu: a simple bacterial or viral infection may cause ear discharge.
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Homeopathy Doctor•Bellary
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Do this exercise. Close your mouth. Close nose with hands and start blowing from nose hardly while still closing nose. This will shift pressure to ears and block will release.
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General Physician•Delhi
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Conditions such as stenosis (narrowing of the ear canal), overgrowth of hair in the canal, and hypothyroidism can cause wax buildup. Using cotton swabs/q-tips, wearing hearing aids, and the aging of the skin and loss of elasticity can also lead to excessive cerumen!
let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.
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ENT Specialist•Bangalore
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The ear wax dissolves in oil based solvents, better to use medicated ear wax solvents and then get the ear washed from an ent surgeon.
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