idk if this is the right place to post this but if anyone have experience or is some sort of doctor i would greatly appreciate your insight on my problem

about 2 weeks ago i took a shower and got water in my right ear so i tried to use a q tip to soke up the water

i ended up lodging the water in my ear and could not hear overnight i got an earache it got swollen but it soon started to get back to normal

all was fine it was still hurting a little but all in all was fine then out of nowhere i start hearing ringing in the ear now i dont have an ear ack no more and 2 weeks layter the ringing is still doing it

one of the things im most scared of is having ear damage

will the ringing stop or should i go see a ear doctor

thanks

Not only can I diagnose you, but for 500fg I'll also perform the surgery you need to fix it, lmk

I'm not a medical doctor, so take this with a grain of salt, but you most likely need antibiotics.

See your internist so he can diagnose you and maybe prescribe you some, or direct you to someone else if its progressed too far.

I would agree that you are not a medical doctor, that he most likely needs antibiotics, and that I'm not a doctor either.

This guy has performed surgery on me before and I can vouch for him.

Use one of these before paying a doctor

i have used them befor and yes there nice but there only ment to get earwax out i have a different problem

Earache is the single greatest reason for antibiotic overuse. Yep.

If you have a fever and the pain is unbearable, you most likely have an infection.

Ringing in the ear is called tinnitus. It is associated with some sort of disruption. Here are some examples of causes:

+ A buildup of earwax.
+ Medicines, especially antibiotics or large amounts of aspirin.
+ Drinking an excessive amount of alcohol or caffeinated beverages.
+ Ear infections or eardrum rupture.
+ Dental or other problems affecting the mouth, such as temporomandibular (TM) problems.
+ Injuries, such as whiplash or a direct blow to the ear or head.
+ Injury to the inner ear following surgery or radiation therapy to the head or neck.
+ A rapid change in environmental pressure (barotrauma).
+ Severe weight loss from malnutrition or excessive dieting.
+ Repeated exercise with the neck in a hyperextended position, such as when bicycle riding.
+ Blood flow (vascular) problems, such as carotid atherosclerosis, AV malformations, and high blood pressure (hypertension).
+ Nerve problems (neurologic disorders), such as multiple sclerosis or migraine headache.

Most tinnitus events go away.

If I were to guess, I'd say your ear isn't often exposed to water. I'd google that so you become more familiar with tinnitus. Just a thought.


/edit One more thing. To reduce ear wax buildup, I tilt my head and I use a few drops of hydrogen peroxide. Yep. It bubbles up like crazy and thus makes a strange noise. I let it sit in there for about 10 minutes every 2 months or so. It also softens wax buildup really nicely. Most important to me, it disinfects the ear. It's a so-called home remedy that actually works really well. I presume you may also find the over-the-counter the gentler solutions of carbamide peroxide that designed for that purpose.


This post was edited by Dmon_Hunter on Apr 30 2012 04:26am

See a doc. He'll give you some ear drops. Use them until they're gone even after the pain subsides. Then go back to the doc and have him clean your ear out. He'll get a nice nasty ball of white shit, which will be skin cells sloughed off your healing eardrum. Gross nasty stuff, but don't take chances with your hearing.

This post was edited by chemoshots on May 1 2012 09:10pm

I actually have chronic tinnitus; I've had it for as long as I can remember. Whenever the room is quiet enough, all I hear is EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. It's mostly caused from hearing damage not to the drum and apparatus, but from cochlear hairs being damaged. I am also a lifeguard/swim instructor and swim regularly. I've had issues with my ears forever and one thing I used to get from the pool a lot was infections. When infection wasn't the case, water can diffuse past the eardrum and remain lodged on the other side. When I would visit the doctor, she would warm up some water and put it in this little gun thing and drain the fluid from behind my ear. I think this is what happened to you - you pushed the water further in with the q-tip and now it's stuck back there.