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A member asked:

Would if be okay to put olive oil in your ears?

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Dr. Ronald Krauser answered

No: Oil can clot and clog your ears.

Answered 12/3/2019

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A member asked:

My right ear is blocked i put olive oil but still cannot hear i feel deaf it need to pop but it pops for a few.Seconds when i clench hard butgoesagain?

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Build up ear wax, put some olive oil, nothing came out and my ear is bumged up. Cant have it syringed coz perforated eardrum in the past, what to do?

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A member asked:

I am experiencing ear pressure, ringing in ears and hearing loss (side: one side only) . When I put some heated up olive oil in my ear I gain relief

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I have bacterial tonsillitis lastnight my ear started to ache, i put some olive oil on a cotton bud then this morning there was blood soaked in it help?

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Ear tickle in my outer ear specifically near the ear canal opening for a few days. olive oil drops and eatex drops used but still there, no pain no symptoms for infection. Put my finger in there and q tips but not deep in ear, could this be the cause?

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