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My daughter has swimmers' ear. Does alcohol and vinegar drops in the ear work?
Posted: Jun 23, 2011
She's just finishing up a course of amoxicillin for an abscessed tooth she had. So when she started complaining of her ear hurting, I couldn't believe it would be infected. She swims almost every day. Plus over the weekend went on a trip and she swam over the weekend and then went to a water park on Monday. Needless to say her ear is bothering her. Ibuprofen works to get rid of the pain, but she feels there's water in her ear and I want to try to get it to evaporate or drain. I read about rubbing alcohol and vinegar, but before I got putting stuff in her ears, I want to be sure.
When I was a kid, my mom would heat up sweet oil and put it in my ears for ear infections and my dad, a smoker, would blow cigarette smoke in my ears! Can you believe that! Cigarette Smoke! Since I don't smoke and I'm not about to expose my child to secondhand smoke, I think I'll try some other home remedies. So what's the consensus of MT moms think?
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P.S. This is her first bout of swimmer's ear and she's only - My Little Mermaid!
[ In Reply To ..]ever had one ear infection when she was a baby.
Swimmer's ear - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I had it myself when we first got our own pool- swam everyday. I don't know if the alcohol drops will cure it once you've got it, but I religiously use the drops (alcohol and glycerin) after every swim now. I used antibiotic eardrops to clear it up, and now that I'm using the drops I haven't had a recurrence.
Swimmer's ear - jw
[ In Reply To ..]Us kids swam on a swim team growing up. Lots of water in the ears. Try OTC Auri-dry. It is made to be used after swimming, but you need to use it every time. She may need an antibiotic at this point, but in the future this worked wonders, using it absolutely after every time we swam.
The alcohol is used to dry the ear out. I used to tell patients - cindy
[ In Reply To ..]after I cleaned their ears out that they could use a dropper mixed with alcohol and water if they felt like they still had water in their ears. Not sure what the vinegar is for, except that you should not put straight alcohol in the ear, always dilute it, so maybe this is just to dilute the alcohol. I know when I used to do a warm water ear lavage on patients, I would get most if not all the wax out, but there was always the chance that a little water would stay in the ear, so go ahead and try this, but if the pain continues, I would definitely take her to the pediatrician. Good luck.
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