Any doctors on?

[leshoequeen]

Urgent care?

[Deleted]

Why don't you go to Urgent Care?

[kwpnjumper55]

I'm a lurker... I'm not a dr but I am in RN school. You can apply a warm compress to your ear, put a few drops of warm olive or coconut oil in the external canal, and sleep with the infected ear up to keep pressure off the tymphanic membrane.

[mrsnewhudson]

Not a Dr, but you should go to an urgent care. You do not want a perforated ear drum!

If you're not going to go, make sure to sleep with the affected ear up to help it drain at night, and take plenty of ibuprofen (or any NSAID).

[geneg]

Oct 8, 2012 18:42:11 GMT -5 mrsnewhudson said:

Not a Dr, but you should go to an urgent care. You do not want a perforated ear drum!

If you're not going to go, make sure to sleep with the affected ear up to help it drain at night, and take plenty of ibuprofen (or any NSAID).

Actually, the pain will improve if your eardrum perfs since it is caused by the stretching and swelling from the fluid behind the ear. Tylenol and Ibuprofen. Auralgan if you can get it. Sleeping with the ear up and with your head raised also helps. Keep in mind that antibiotics won't do anything for the pain for 24-48hrs anyway.