Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 He should have antibiotic drops if he has an infection. Alcohol will evaporate the water out of the ear canal. Peroxide will help clear out any wax... Peroxide is also a disinfectant (I think)... Swimmers ear Is it peroxide or alcohol that I use? Dylan's ears are hurting and he says he has been going under water in the hot tub. He got swimmers ear allot as a kid and I can't remember which liquid to use. Anybody? ( They hurt to touch) Cindylouwho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Thanks Bonnie, I'll write you off list. Swimmers ear Is it peroxide or alcohol that I use? Dylan's ears are hurting and he says he has been going under water in the hot tub. He got swimmers ear allot as a kid and I can't remember which liquid to use. Anybody? ( They hurt to touch) Cindylouwho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 The latest ear infection treatment I've heard from the Peds office is to wait a couple days - that most ear infections heal themselves. It has to do with overuse of antibiotics. I've been fortunate that the girls don't get ear infections so I can't give any real experience. I know as a child we used to swim in lakes and rivers and I often ended up with swimmers ears - always when camping and far away from home. Mom often used hot oil - but I wouldn't necessarily recommend that. I do know the peroxide will disinfect and is good for minor skin/wound infections. My doctor recommended rinsing with salt water (good for the sinuses, too). Good luck - hope your son feels better soon. > Is it peroxide or alcohol that I use? Dylan's ears are hurting and he says he has been going under water in the hot tub. He got swimmers ear allot as a kid and I can't remember which liquid to use. Anybody? ( They hurt to touch) > Cindylouwho > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 Thanks everyone for your responses. His Ear got better on Friday, so I didn't take him to the Doc, then Friday night it started again. We'll see how the weekend goes. I told him not to go under in the hot tub anymore. At least till I get him some ear plugs. All that wrote me off board and on, thanks. Cindylouwho. PS I haven't been able to respond to allot of mail. Sorry if you have wrote and I haven't got back to you yet. I still have about 200 emails to go through, and I won't be able to start to get to them till tonight. Have a great day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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