Blocked ear for two weeks

[Ben1505]

Hi team, I’ve had a blocked ear for two weeks. I dove down in a swimming pool to about 4m and felt my ears pop a few weeks earlier. I’ve seen the doctor who prescribed ear drops to clean up the infection but it’s still blocked 10 days later. Any ideas where to go from here?

[Fluffylittle]

I'm not sure if you have urgent cares or walk in clinics in NZ, but I would go in and have them flush your ear or check you haven't damaged your eardrum.

[etheral]

Assuming the infection has cleared, the ceruman needs irrigated out or otherwise manually removed . You can try this at home by using a syringe with warm water. You should be able to buy a kit in the pharmacy. Better and safer would be to see a doc who could visualize the blockage and after removing it the tympanic membrane so you can be sure there are no other problems. Best, etheral

[Spurdog1 in reply to etheral]

Note for those in the uk. It is strongly discouraged to do it yourself. There are nurses who offer locally and I gather as the advert goes "should have gone to..." also does it.