I have had an ear infection for 2 weeks please help me?!
Question: I have had an ear infection for 2 weeks please help me?
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Most times these infections are viral so antibiotics have no effect.
Your ear, nose and sinuses are interconnected. The middle ear is connected to the back of the nose by a short narrow tube, the Eustachian tube. This tube normally opens when we yawn or swallow to allow secretions to drain from the middle ear.
A cold or allergy can block the Eustachian tube due to congestion in the nasal lining. This prevents the normal flow of fluid from the middle ear. The fluid begins to build up often causing dulled hearing, tinnitus (noises in the ear), sometimes pain.
Try an antihistamine, take your pharmacist's advice as some make people drowsy.
More advice on the link.
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Eustachi…
And years on an ENT unit