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Is there a way to safely remove water and/or wax from ear canal when you have a perforated eardrum?
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Safety: Please do not do anything other than seeing an Ear specialist as soon as possible. I did not enjoy a broken ear drum while in flight!
Answered 3/4/2016
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If ear drum is perforated, but the ear is impacted with wax, will a doctor try to flush it? Will it make perforation worse if flushed? Or keep it dry?
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What will happen if an impacted ear with wax and a perforated ear drum gets left untreated?
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If it feels/sounds like there's some wax pushed up against my ear drum, is it okay to get a syringe and gently try to flush it out with water?
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Ear tube fell out 15 years later. Very possible perforated ear drum but the ear may still be impacted with wax. Will a doctor try to flush out the wax?
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