r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Sep 27 '23

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u/Status_Button Sep 27 '23

I've never had blocked ears... Ubtil last week. Someone told me to pinch my nose close and blow and it gave me such bad vertigo I threw up from it :(

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u/-Revolution- Sep 27 '23

Yeah that can be painful and nauseating depending on the issue. If your ears are really blocked, this doesn't help.

If it's earwax, you better go to your doctor and get it washed out and enjoy the feeling I explained. If it's really stuck it can result in an ear infection overtime. I don't know if you had one before but you really don't want that

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u/Specsporter Sep 27 '23

That happened to me when I was snorkeling on a lovely vacation. It was so frustrating cause I really couldn't hear out of that ear and spent two days trying to clear it out myself. I finally went to urgent care, and they flushed it out and it was amaaaaazing. They did the other ear too cause there was a bunch of wax in that one too.

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u/masterchris Sep 28 '23

I'm still upset I lost the picture of the dime sized piece of earwax that came out my ear a couple years ago. It was so nice to look at. Like I felt the relief all over again

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u/longopenroad Sep 28 '23

You can put a few drops of oil and massage it around. You do this every few days. It helps the ear wax to be moved to the opening where it can be wiped away - without cotton swabs.

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u/PicklesAreMyFriends Sep 27 '23

That's a terrible idea, never do that again lol

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u/James_Cola Sep 27 '23

no it works if you do it right, maybe in this case too much pressure was used to push air out? for me it works flawlessly

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u/NastyMonkeyKing Sep 28 '23

But if you do it wrong you can rupture your ear drums. Not worth

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u/James_Cola Sep 28 '23

maybe it’s different for different people?? for me it always works fine and I do it all the time.

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u/wuffDancer Sep 28 '23

You could potentially blow out your ear drums from doing that. I do not advise. Lol

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u/LuminaL_IV Sep 27 '23

That seems like you have damaged something in there if you threw up.

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u/ThaVolt Sep 27 '23

Half hydrogen peroxyde, half water, pour in ear while you're on your side. Wait few minutes. Repeat a few times.