Should I do anything about my ear infection?

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My friend had an ear infection 2 weeks ago. Now I have one. Do you think I caught his- are they infectious and how do they spread? I mean I haven't been putting things in my ears. OK so I can't see a doctor but I can borrow his medicine or try to get something else. Or should I just wait it out? I think I will- I doubt it's anything dangerous. It's just wierd since I don't know about them, I don't think I've had one since I was 6.

sucka (sucka), Friday, 7 November 2003 01:24 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, you can catch them. the only thing an MD's gonna do is give you antibiotics and ear-drops. but you can get ear-drops at your pharmacy, and antibiotics are kind of a sham. if it gets really painful you should see a doctor though, stat

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 7 November 2003 01:38 (twenty years ago) link

Just a thought....

I'd kinda layoff any penile insertions for at least a week. Maybe a different orifice?

ed dill (eddill), Friday, 7 November 2003 04:00 (twenty years ago) link

sucka. I found that a tiny bit of hydrogen peroxide into the ear canal three times a day for a couple of days clears it up. Especially if you take a couple zinc lozenges and drink a lot of orange juice.

Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Friday, 7 November 2003 06:06 (twenty years ago) link

six years pass...

is the advice itt as true as it was in 2003

average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Monday, 1 February 2010 12:44 (fourteen years ago) link

two years pass...

I have an ear infection and it's a bad one and I'm miserable and dizzy and I just wanted to whine somewhere. Thanks.

Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link

Interesting. Also have an ear infection right now and had to cancel a flight to Barcelona tomorrow because of it. There you go.

the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link

I've flown with an ear infection before and whoa that is not fun.

Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:15 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah - don't do that. I did it once when I was 13 and still have the perforated eardrum to show for the disaster that ensued.

wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link

Guys, thanks. Encouragement for the cancellation most appreciated, as this would have been a very cool weekend on behalf of my company and I now ended up here drinking beer, crunching antibiotics and almost tell myself it's getting better by the minute and what if I would just try tomorrow... nah, free weekend now after all.

the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link

two years pass...

Ear infections in both ears (which started as pink eye). I ended up going to a Walgreens walk-in clinic on Saturday because I couldn't get any appointments with my regular doctor or a specialist. The nurse gave me a long lecture about how people often come in claiming to have ear infections when they just have colds that make their ears clog up, so don't be surprised if she looks at my ears and they look totally healthy. Then she looked in my ear and said, "Oh, no that is really bad." Then she looked in the other ear and said, "Oh wow, okay, that one is really bad, too."

I was a polite patient and did not say, "Well, duh."

Anyway. I am taking massive doses of amoxicillin.

carl agatha, Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link

condolences. always a good idea to eat some live-culture yoghurt every day when taking massive doses of antibiotics, just so all the flora in your gut don't get destroyed as collateral damage.

Aimless, Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link

Yes that is a lesson most women learn early on.

carl agatha, Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link


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