Sore ears with Oxygen

[Difficul]

I'm on 15/24 hour oxygen at home plus ambulatory. As the top of my ears were getting a bit sore from the cannula tubes, I thought I would try the little foam strips. However, they simply fell off the tubes. Does anyone have any hints on how to make them work please?

[PaulineHM]

Hello,

Sorry your ears are sore, I don’t have an answer as mine don’t get sore wearing the cannula. Hopefully someone will be along with answers.

Go well.

Pauline

[Izb1]

I wonder if the strips they make for glasses would work. I bought a couple of different ones from Amazon as my ears were getting really bad, have a look and see if they could be adapted. Good luck x

[Difficul in reply to Izb1]

Thank you Izb1, I will take a look.

[garshe]

Your oxygen supplier can supply ear protectors for you. Ring them up and explain and they will send by post. I have some and are great as arched so stay put and comfortable . Good luck. Sheila xx

[Difficul in reply to garshe]

Thank you, Sheila. The protectors supplied by my oxygen supplier are straight and they fell off almost immediately. I thought that sealing them with tape might rub but perhaps I should try it.

[garshe in reply to Difficul]

Mine are arched xx.Sheila

[PRMatters in reply to Difficul]

Often with the foam strips you need to warm them for them to stick to the cannula.. so when you put them on the tubing, just hold them on the tubing in your hands for a few minutes.

[Difficul in reply to PRMatters]

Thank you I will give it a try.

[leo60]

Hello. Mine were a bit sore to begin with, but quite ok now! I hope you find a solution, it must be miserable for you xx

[garshe]

Is your oxygen supplier Baywater, they are fantastic xx.Sheila

[Difficul in reply to garshe]

My supplier is BOC and I am not entirely impressed by them or their website. I am finding the whole O2 experience fairly unuser friendly but that may be partly due to me not really wanting to have to use it.

[Anniebeen]

I tried very small pieces of tape and that worked okay. Now, I put the cannula over my hair - it works for me.

[pasquino]

tried and tested...

medistock.co.uk/products/na...

they are really soft for 1 month or so , then they become hard like the other type,but at one pound is worth a try.....

pasquino

[Difficul]

Thank you all for your various replies, much appreciated. Before I posted my question, I tried to search for previous posts on this topic but none appeared. However, once I had asked, the website showed me a list of such posts!

[Difficul in reply to Difficul]

I was really fed up with my sore ears and I put some Lanacane on them. They are no longer sore!