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My husband had an ear infection with wax buildup a few years ago, and he ended up using some over-the-counter ear drops called (I think) Ero. They foamed and tickled in his ear a lot, but then when I irrigated it with the bulb syringe after five minutes, it just washed big old chunks of the stuff right out.
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Yeah, okay, Stray, you've just convinced me. I'm gonna do this. But I gotta find the stuff to do it with first.
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You know, I would imagine that irrigating your ears when they're really clogged is about like how I feel after I clean my glasses for the first time in a couple of months. It's like, "Wow! I didn't realize how bad my vision was with dirty glasses until I can see again!"
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I irrigated with warm water only, using a bulb syringe. It's long, and somewhat messy, in that Emily got some water on her shirt, despite the fact that I put a towel around her shoulder. I held her ear lobe, and the syringe, and Natalie held a bowl under her ear to catch the water.
It felt like it took forever, I had to change the water I was using to irrigate twice because it got too cold. My doctor said it should be about body temperature.
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I once had tubes. One of them wouldn't come out, so according to what the docs said we went to a physician to take it out. Unfortunately, he also tore out a small piece of my eardrum, annd from that day on I'm not allowed to dive.
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I had my ears irrigated once by a doctor long ago -- using warm water. Oh, it felt wonderful! That warm water in my ear just felt so good (it had been hurting). I also hated for him to quit doing it.
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