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30 Jul 14
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cant hear a bloody thing. well ok i can, but everything sounds like im under water. tried the nhs website advice of olive oil, 2 days later it seems to have made it worse.
it also says earwax normally dries up on its own and falls out. so isnt the advice of using olive oil contradictory?
olive oil will obviously make it damp, whereas it "drops out when it dries up"...shirley i want it to dry up, not make it damp with olive oil??
it also says earwax normally dries up on its own and falls out. so isnt the advice of using olive oil contradictory?
olive oil will obviously make it damp, whereas it "drops out when it dries up"...shirley i want it to dry up, not make it damp with olive oil??
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Tell your doc you want them syringed. My mate gets his done once a year and he can here a pin drop when it's done
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Olive oil dissolves the wax
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Don't think he can hear us mate!
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Got to say one of my best days ever was getting my ears syringed, not sure why it ever got to that stage of them being cleaned out. But afterwards was epic.
I wish i could have them done without the dr telling me i dont need it. |
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Definitely get them syringed. It's not even actually a syringe - they push warm water at a slight pressure into your ear to clear the wax. Mine was done by a nurse at our GPs. Had both ears done, took about 5 mins, was painless and totally sorted the problem.
Before they I'd used Otex and then olive oil. Both were useless and I suffered for months. Syringe all the way! |
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They sometimes suggest you use olive oil for a week or so before they will use the syringe to make the wax softer and easier to blast out.
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Had mine done about 6 months ago (they don't all it syringed any more but same difference apparently)It was amazing, the difference. I am a teacher who had spent months craning my neck to hear my pupils and thought I have had enough! Doc got me an appointment at the surgery and bingo...
What an amazing difference. I went home in my Ford Focus and it sounded like a Ferrari. In fact everything was loud.. I'm back to square one now but I know it is because I put earplugs in at night, they told me it pushes the wax down your lug hole. I only do it cos the Mrs snores so badly and I am a light sleeper. Grrr. |
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They don't use a syringe these days because they caused too much damage in the wrong hands.
They use an electric pump now and it's so gentle it won't shift the wax. Use OTEX to soften the wax. It comes in a kit with a rubber bulb to squirt water in your ear with to wash out the softened wax. Tesco sell it or get it from the chemists. |
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it shifted my wax and was free!
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I use a sharpened pencil.
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they shift it via a syringe
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otex/olive oil to soften it for a week to ten days, then gp practice nurse to slosh it out with her machine - perfect results every time.
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You have to be careful with the pencil not to perforate your ear drum.
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It happened to me three times and is very painful.
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Different ear each time.
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syringing works magic. using otex or the like is decent but it can block up your ears just as much with mush. i find sticking my head underwater in the bath is the best way to keep em clean.
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A good firkle inside me ear with a cotton bud is one lifes few pleasures for me, despite all the advice that it isnt advisable
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Don't put anything smaller than your elbow in your lug.
Go & get an appointment at your G.P's & use Almond Oil to soften the wax.Use this oil for at least a fortnight prior to getting them done. |