Im in pain, I have an earache and my ear hurts, my teeth hurt, my neck hurts and my eye, Ive never had one this terrible, Ive taken Tylenol and ibuprofen, not at the same time, this has been going on all day, and nothing helps, what can I do, Im in pain!!!
Heat is your friend. If you have any sort of rice or buckwheat hot pack you can microwave, do it. Even a hot wet washcloth, but wring it out. You can use a heating pad on low, with a towel over. Do be careful not to burn yourself. In a pinch, I've used a flashlight - yeah, you look silly holding a flashlight up to your ear, but it was warm enough to help with the pain.....
Fill a sock with rice, tie a knot in it. Put it in the microwave until its warm. Lay down with the hurt ear up, place the rice sock on the hurt ear.
I started getting them as an adult when I worked in a building that had a leak in the AC system. My doctor thought fungus grew in the ducts. 8 people who sat on one side of the building started getting adult onset ear infections.
They are sooo painful. I have tried all kinds of things (heat, cold, allergy/sinus/cold meds, etc) and the only relief I got was through antibiotics. They have ear ache medicine in the drug stores, but it's more geared towards swimmer's ear and won't touch a painful infection.
Sorry for your pain. I have been going through the same thing for the last 3 weeks and I have been on antibiotics, thinking I am gonna have to go and get another round, because I am so tired of it. On the plus with my teeth hurting because of it, I don't want to eat and have lost about 10 pounds.
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- ahappymommy
on Feb. 5, 2013 at 10:40 PM