Home Remedy for Ear Ache

Home Remedy for Ear Ache

If you get an ear ache, you will need to see a doctor as in most cases the ache itself is not the problem rather a symptom of the problem. You will need to identify the real cause for the ache and treat it. But before you get to the doctor, these remedies might help you out a bit:

Tips to Reduce Ear Ache

1. Sit up. Sitting upright a few minutes upright will decrease swelling and cause your eustachian tubes to drain. Swallowing will help ease the pain. If you can, try proping up your head slightly even while you sleep to get better drainage,

2. Use a hair dryer to blow some low warmth air into your ear. Keep the dryer at a distance of about 20 inches.

3. Try Yawning: Yawning moves the muscle that opens the eustachian tubes and cause your ears to open up

4. If you can’t get yourself to yawn, try chewing a wad of gum. This too can open up your ear by by opening the eustachian tubes.

5. Try out painkillers: Acetaminophen, Aspirin or Ibuprofen will usually buy you some time until you can get to a doctor, but remember they are by no means a permanent solution.

6. If you have to fly by air and you know your sinuses are going to block your ears, take a decongestant or apply nose drops an hour before you land.

7. Another caution you might want to take when you fly is to avoid dozing off while on the descent. This is because when you sleep you don’t swallow often and as a result so your ears won't keep up with pressure changes during descent and they may hurt.