EARACHE Solution

You feel feverish and your earlobe hurts when you brush your hand across it. You could have swimmer’s ear. Most earaches occur in children, partially because their ear channel from the outside to the inner ear is straight than that of adults and fluid which collects there cannot drain as easily. Persistent ear infections can cause eventual hearing loss.

• Teat minor earaches, such as those which are the just of a cold or the flu, by combining a few drops of onion juice with a teaspoonful of warm olive oil and place into the ear canal both morning and night. Keep the head to the side to allow the drops to get well into the ear and then plug the ear with cotton wool.
• If you swim in public pools, enquire about the treatment of the pool with chemicals before use.

EAR WAX Solution

Earwax’s purpose is to lubricate the ear canal and trap bacteria, dust and other foreign substances which could enter the ear and cause problems.

Occasionally, it accumulates in sufficient amounts to seriously interfere with hearing.

• It is not generally necessary to remove earwax. The ears should not be irrigated if you’ve had a perforated eardrum or mastoid surgery.
• If the ear is healthy and wax persists, loosen with a few drops of room temperature baby oil or mineral oil applied with an eyedropper. Do this twice a day for several days.
• Warm a small amount of hydrogen peroxide, tilt the head to one side and drop the peroxide into the ear, allowing it to stay there while you hear a fizzing sound for three or four minutes and gently remove with soft cotton.
• Do not use a cotton wool bud as this only serves to make the wax more compact and drive it deeper into the ear.
• A diet which is high in nutrition and low in fat, similar to that prescribed for heart patient, has been found to be beneficial for those with hearing loss that is not improved by the removal of earwax.