What You Should And Shouldn't Do If You Get Water In Your Ears From Swimming

NYU otologist Dr. Erich Voigt explains what you should do if you get swimmer's ear. There are risks involved, and Dr. Voigt explains some of the gentler options to removing the water from the ear.

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[legendarymuramasa]

The water flowing out is hot and it's so relaxing when it flows out

[creaxirin]

The amount of worry when i literally did the q tip

[machi]

Tilt your head making your ear face the floor and then jump until the water comes out.

Or, headbang your head sideways! Rock N' Roll 🤘

Or, just lay on the side of the ear with water, sometimes this works.

Or, put water again in your ear, and do the jump thingy.

PS. This is not a professional advice.

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[giovandiaz]

I just shake my head sideways to which ear has the water trapped inside up and down a few times and in no time its gone. Easy.

[ozymandias]

80 bucks!! No thanks. For that price I could buy a vacuum and vacuum my own ear. Jesus Christ things are expensive.

[caseyaptinnes]

i went on a trip to myrtle beach with my family, while swimming in the ocean and playing in the waves with my kids i had some water rush in my ear, but didn't really feel like it fully blocked my ear, but i could tell something was in there. about 4 weeks later i was on my way to work and i practically lost all hearing in the same ear and had a ringing noise in it. it was pretty bad that i didn't last long at work and had to go to a doctor right away. the doctor did a hearing test with something he flicked and told me to tell him when i stopped hearing the vibrations from it. the one ear i could hear it fine, the bad ear that i lost all hearing i could hardly hear it at all. he looked in my ear and said compared to the other ear he couldn't see the ear drum, it was just blurry. he figured there was water in it, and told me to wait 2 weeks and then come back and see him. It was causing me a lot of problems because it got so bad i couldn't drive anymore. my wife told her best friend who was married to a doctor about it and he looked at it for me and told me i had swelling in my nose and fluids couldn't drain our my ear or nose. he got me a nasal spray with a steroid and within 2 days everything opened up and drained out i could hear again without any issues.

[joesr]

1: shake your head like a whipping motion sideways
2: if that doesn't work, just jumping up and down with your head tilt sideways
3: if both methods doesn't work just find a place to lie down or something with your head lying on one side eg sleepinig on your side

15 years of competitive swimming and these 3 methods have not failed me yet

[PZJJProductions]

When did Business Insider become BuzzFeed?

[ashlyfahy]

I came here looking for solution to waterclogged ear, and the rubbing alcohol solution immediately worked! Thank you so very much! Just remember not to make a habit of using rubbing alcohol frequently because it can dry out your ear of deprive it of necessary bacteria to thrive. I'll use this again in case of desperation.

[crisstiana]

Omg the rubbing alcohool method worked! I'm so happy that I can hear with both ears again, it was so frustrating

[MohammadJavadMohammad]

First block your ear holes with your fingers and then jump on 1 foot on the ground 5 times each ear...
It works everytime and you get water out of your ears easy

[digging]

I tried the rubbing alcohol at the advice of a friend who was a Doctor. I do believe that repeatedly banging my head against the wall would have felt better than the burning that I felt for about 1-2 minutes. But for days after, as the alcohol helped to evaporate the water in my ear, chunks of wax just kept working their way out to my outer ear canal. I must add that I very easily get water into my inner ear and have pain from water pressure at only a few feet of depth.

[BrothersChallenges]

Or you can the clogged ear facing the floor, standing on one foot and furiously jump with moving your head up and down to get rid of the water. Like so people would pong need to pay money to get the job done

[itsjusthuda]

I tried almost every thing to my both watery ears. I got rid of the water inside my ears for 2 days. I first deal with the water at day but at night when I sleep, I sleep the side where I want the water out. The water absorb in the pillow and I'm now completely fine 😊💗

[TCTICL_GMR]

negotiate a fee? pffft hahahaha blessed to be Canadian

[CorderoIvan]

I remove my ear, pat it dry with a towel and twist it back on. Super simple and effective no need for all this nonsense.

[shoxiejesus]

Damn sinus.
2 years of water and wax getting stuck, and now I'm used to this.

[gabrielheidipamoyo]

After watching this, suddenly i feel my ear is dirty

[dead.edmobilelegends]

is it just me who uses my hand as a "plunger" to get water out of my ears?

[snookiewhip]

I get swimmers ear from the shower and have to wear earplugs to wash my hair.