Non medical day to day pain releif?

[Linzi]

Is there such a thing?

I have a really bad ear infection & Im currently at my desk in tears it's SO painful, Ive never felt anything like it before

I have taken ibuprofen & paracetamol together this morning (once at 730, once at 1130) and nothing is working. I also have antibiotic drops to use 4 times a day

Is there any pain releif that I can take/anythign I can do to help that isnt medication? Dont think I can take anything else.

 

[Glitterfairy]

Ouch.Ear infections are nasty.

Other than painkillers and drops there isn't alot you can do.I found putting pressure on my ear helped but you can't go round holding your ear all day!

Maybe holding something warm/cold against it may help.

The drops do work quite quickly xxx

 

[lozzy21]

Heat can sometimes help

 

[bky]

My mother used to put warm garlic oil (just oil with garlic cloves crushed and heated until the oil got all garlicky, need a fair amount of oil so you don't burn it) in our ears when we were small. The warm helped a lot though it felt a bit gross.

 

[Miss_d]

hope it eases off soon x

 

[brandonsgirl]

I hope your ear infection has gone now but we used to put a bit of cotton wool in our ears to keep any kind of wind or sound making it hurt more. Help ease the oringinal pain aswell.