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Ear ache, made worse by swimming

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this

39 year experience in Internal Medicine

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Ear

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Ear canal infection
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Earwax blockage
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Swimmer's ear (outer ear canal infection)
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RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
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Chronic sinusitis
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A member asked:

Hi my daughter has a sore ear feom swimming is it ok to use waxsol for her ear?

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A 40-year old female asked about a male:

What is it? I have ear ache (worsened by: swimming) (severity: severe) (quality: pressure or fullness) .

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Is it likely that my nine-year-old son's ear ache is related to the MRSA he had ten days ago or swimming?

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A 64-year old male asked:

I have ear ache. I had been swimming for 3 weeks a few times a day .When i pull ear lobe it hurts more or lie on ear it hurts. I've had it for 3 days?

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A 37-year old female asked:

I have been experiencing dizziness for a couple weeks now. No ear ache, but think it could be from swimming. Is there any home remedy i can try?

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A 41-year old female asked about a male:

My Son is experiencing hearing loss (side: one side only) , ear ache (worsened by: after swimming) (severity: moderate) (quality: sensation of pre...

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Daughter had ear-ache on/off for a week now after swimming.Her jaw started aching too.We just started treatment with OTC adco-otised.Is this suffcient?

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A 54-year old male asked:

I am experiencing ear ache (severity: moderate) (worsened by: air travel) (unaffected by: swimming) (associated with: dull or aching sensation, sensation of pressure or fullness) (not associated with: sharp or stabbing feeling, throbbing sensation), sore

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A member asked about a male:

Hx: Swimming. Now ear ache x3dys, pain/inflammation ++, red/tender/difficult and painful to chew food/swallow. Doing Tylenol, Advil and warm compress?

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Why do my inner ears ache terribly when it's cold and when i'm on a plane (agonizing, tear-inducing pain)? When outside, the aching is worse when it' windy. On a plane, the ears feel like they are going to burst. It reduces me to tears. On the plane, the

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I Had Very Painful Small Bump in My Ear So I Asked My Bestfriend To Pop It . When She Popped It Got Worse Now The Whole Side Of My Face Aches?

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I have had an on and off ear ache since flying across the country 2.5 days ago. It's gotten worse today, should I drop everything and see a doctor?

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Yesterday whilst walking in cold and very windy weather, the strong cold wind was causing deep stabbing pains in ears worse on left. hours later it changed to ache rather than stabbing. today no pain but pressure feeling. why would wind do this?

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A female asked:

Hi I have had a sore ear for 8 weeks now it feels like there is water in there and i can feel a pulse in it I went to the doctor about 6 weeks ago and he told me to try aqua ear I done that and it made it feel worse?

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I have a jaw pain, the pain get worse when I open or when am chewing. This pain is causing a tooth ache as well. It is close to ear just on top of my left cheek. Please assist?

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My left ear pops alot alot after going outside to inside and sometimes just anywhere my ears are sensitive to the cold and they hurt when cold with a dull ache this started a year ago and got worse is this normal or serious and should I see doctor?

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I had a virus, the virus is gone now I have slight ear ache, dizziness, balance problem.Does it sound ear related or possibly MS? Sleep makes it worse

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Igot a dental cleaning procedure and my head jaw neck and ear hurt.The pain gets worse when putting my head up or down?I can't open my jaw it to sore?

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I have had a sore throat off and on the past 10 days or so. Seems to go away during day and get worse at night early am. Ears feel stuffed. ?

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I have a sore ear that feels blocked & have difficulty hearing out it sometimes. I wear noise cancelling earplugs & there is less earwax on the sore ear 1 than the other and it is lighter and harder. Its getting worse, I want to know how to fix it?

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She has an ear ache, a face rash, and she has blisters in her mouth. It is slowly get worse and spreading.

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I've been having serious right side headache for a year now. It makes me dizzy, blurry, weak, tiredness, fainting, eyes aching and ear aching too. Please I don't know what the problem is and it's getting worse?

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Feeling tired face pains pressure worse when bending over muscle aches teeth ears someone said sinsus infection ?

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Can having a sore throat and fluid in ears cause fibromyalgia pain to feel 100 times worse. ?Back of my neck and shoulders feel beat up.

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