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How to Get Rid of Ear Wax
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Ear Wax Buildup
Ear wax exists to protect your ear drums from dust, bacteria, insects, and the tongues of amorous drunks. Normally, there is no need to get rid of it.
Ear wax is produced by glands in the ear canal. So long as the ear canal remains a moist, the wax will remain the consistency of a warm candle. But just as a marching band can have too many tubas, the ear canal can build up too much wax.
Here’s how you discover a build-up of excess wax: ear pain, tinnitus (ringing or other phantom sounds), difficulty hearing, balance problems, and/or temporary deafness after you’ve submerged your head in water.
What Causes Excessive Ear Wax?
The presence of ear wax can be irritating and inconvenient, but the only real danger it poses is that it could shelter and incubate an ear infection. For most people, the wax sheds itself when you sleep and when you move your jaw. Presumably, big eaters and people who talk a lot have fewer problems.
Some people are more prone to yellow waxy buildup. Wax builds up due to overactive glands and aging. People with narrow ear canals, charmingly hairy ear canals, inflammatory skin conditions, or those who work in very dusty environments can also have problem ear wax. Sometimes it can be prevented through diet. Supposedly, a diet rich in omega 3 fatty acids will discourage wax buildup. Omega 3 fatty acids are found in things like avocados, ground flax seed, walnuts, and certain fish, like salmon and albacore tuna. Pasteurized dairy products have been shown to have an irritating effect on some people’s ears, and this could produce a waxy reaction.
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i live by ear candles, but they are hard to find altho i think i saw some at GNC the other day, just too cheap to buy them. keep dreaming when if you think what’s in the candle is candle wax…i can promise you, that stuff came from my ears (you’re talking to someone with a history of wax plugs who’s frequently had them pulled out of her ears in random parts of the world and been confronted by disgustingly large, disturbingly colored, conical shaped ear wax). My head always feels lighter and my sinuses clearer after candles. You won’t regret trying them–you’ve just got to do it right. Make sure there’s a vacuum–hold your finger over the bottom end until a stream of smoke comes out when you take it off. Then listen as the wax is sucked out of your ear.
OMG! my ear hurts so bad! it feels terrible does anyone have any answers for me. Please! I beg OF U> PLEASE
Just flush them out with water frequently, I guess. One of my ears holds water and the other doesn’t, but I try to use just water. It’s cheaper, and less ticklish, also just as clean. I have to do that every couple of weeks. It is awful.
Whatever you do, don’t let the doc go in with a hook/spoon. It hurts so bad and it actually made my ear bleed.
ear candles have been proven in several places to be a complete hoax, 4500 years or not…they do nothing. the wax you see you think they took out is wax from the candle itself. some magazine (skeptical inquirer?) did a test over a glass or a test tube with nothing in it and the ear candle still produced “ear wax”
mike
Oil of Oregano is THE BEST. It not only dissolves the ear wax and allows it to drain out of the ear.. but it fights infections and cleans out the ear.
I just had to go to the physician because of an ear ache and a totally blocked ear, I couldn’t hear well at all. The physician’s assistant looked through the otoscope at my ear and said it was fully plugged with wax. For some reason in my 40s, I started having ear problems and had never had them before, but my sisters and Mother had always had them! Well, anyways, my ear (its always the left), was cleaned out with warm water and hydrogen peroxide with a big syringe (with a pink plastic tip on it). It felt amazingly wonderful, and alot of brown waxy stuff came out. The PA thought it had something to do with my sinuses, and I’ve been using my Netti pot with warm saline water to irrigate frontal sinuses and everything feels great! I do have a genetic tendency to have this problem plus tiny ear canals, but I’ve reading posts on using hydrogen peroxide on a periodic basis to keep the wax down to a non-problematic level. I just hate bothering a clinic for something as simple as a clogged ear because of excessive ear wax. I wish everyone the very best and know just how painful this stuff is, I suffered with it for a couple of months before seeking medical attention.
i tried ear candling after my massage therapist treated me. i followed his step by step instructions.not that difficult, the **** that came out of my ears was worth its weight in gold. lots and lots of wax. i will say its been tough trying to find candles for ear candling so buy 2 boxes when you get them. good luck
i have been suffeirng from clogged ears for about 2 weeks now. i have went to the doctor and got antibotics for it and cough medicine for my conjestion, but my ears are still clogged. what can i do to get relief in my ears so i can hear again.
I tried, the ear wax removal kits from the drug store. Worked a little, but after i just could not hear, I went to the ENT ( ear Nose and throt) doctor, he used some vac and i think a water spray, was very noisey!!! but i felt great after, I can now hear, was well worth the 60 bucks. I would go back next time i get this problem. And I hate going to the doctor.