What does anybody know about ear aches?

[Japher]

Doesn't your Uni require med insurance in your tuition and don't you have a clinic for your campus?

[Az]

wax buildup? put some soft tissue on a match.

a cellphone antena, but only if you have no choice. ( last minute before date arrives, for example. )

[Jon Miller]

I have med insurance

I don't know much about it and it is based in oregon (I don't have a doctor out here for example)

there is a clinic here,, and I will be waiting a few hours to see them beggining at 4

JOn Miller

[boann]

sounds like an infection to me.
better get some antibiotics soon.
hydrogen peroxide was a good idea
why it hurt worse is because of the infection.

warm compresses do help with the pain.
or heating pad.
and tylenol....but the only thing that
will make it go away completly is antibiotics

[chequita guevara]

Go see a doctor. Explain your situation. He/she will likely see you an let you pay later.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Azazel
wax buildup? put some soft tissue on a match.

a cellphone antena, but only if you have no choice. ( last minute before date arrives, for example. )

Don't go sticking things in your ear.

Not only is that dangerous, but it can't do a very good job anyways since your ear canal is long and spiraling. To get it really clean you need to have it flushed with water.

(coincedentally, I believe the invention of the q-tip came about after someone cleaned their kid's ear with a matchstick and deafened them for life. Not a very good choice of example. )

[mindseye]

Please don't stick anything in your ear right now!

Try one of those ear-flushing kits you can get at most any drug store. Use the wax-softening drops, then use the rubber bulb to flush warm water into your ear canal. Hydrogen peroxide is also a good idea.

If these don't work, see a doctor. Your hearing is far too important to mess around with.

And again: don't go poking things into your ear, especially right now.

Good luck!

[jdd2007]

probably something crawling around in there...

[JohnT]

Yeah, probably one of those "Wrath of Kahn" earmites.

[Jon Miller]

yah

the correct answer is see a doctor

which I did, but since I had tried to flush out the wax earlier (when it was only hurting a little) he couldn't see anything

so he removed some wax and told me to come back on monday (with instructions to rush in if it started hurting noticeably worse)

if you ear hurts don't stick anything in it (Even to flush it out) because the doctor won't be able to see anything (and moistened wax is apparently hard to deal with without doing things which would be bad for the eardrum if there is a whole or infection)

Jon Miller