Why do I keep getting these kind of earaches?!


Question: If I get even a little water in my ears during a shower, I will get a horrible earache that lasts for hours or days. It hurts on the side of my face/jaw area as well. This has been happening on and off for awhile. My doctor gave me ear drops, and they helped temporarily, but I don't want to use ear drops everyday for the rest of my life!

Why are my ears so sensitive to water and is there anything I can do about it? Are they permanently damaged?


Answers: If I get even a little water in my ears during a shower, I will get a horrible earache that lasts for hours or days. It hurts on the side of my face/jaw area as well. This has been happening on and off for awhile. My doctor gave me ear drops, and they helped temporarily, but I don't want to use ear drops everyday for the rest of my life!

Why are my ears so sensitive to water and is there anything I can do about it? Are they permanently damaged?

Tell your doctor.. your ear might be clogged and the ear drops might not be reaching the infection. Also, the ear drops might be a steroid and just used to reduce the inflammation and not treat the real problem, the infection.

See a doctor ASAP and tell him/her your problem. They will probably give you an anti-biotic to treat the infection. Make sure you mention your jaw, because that pretty much clinches that you have an infection. Ear aches and toothaches are some of the worst pains ever! See a doctor soon and take your anti-biotics if you have any!

PS: This isn't chronic =)





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