Guest guest Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 Sounds pretty reasonable to me -- glad it helped. Ear pain is bad. It could be drying is about all the harm I can think of. Swabbing with a bit of Emu Oil or Aloe Vera Gel to remoisturize might be a good idea. Garnet > Hi LadyAngels, > > Don't know if this helps or not, but, > A couple of weeks ago my left ear began to hurt so bad I > couldn't stand it. > I was home alone and I'm sure not able to think clearly > due to the pain. > This is probably not the way to treat an ear ache and I don't > recommend anyone do this, it is just what I did. > I had read that DMSO reduces swelling. My ear canal was swollen > completly shut, I checked to see if a tooth pick would go in the > canal and it wouldn't fit. > I had on hand some DMSO/CS mix, 60% DMSO and 40% CS. > I soaked a cotton tip appilicator in it and held it against my ear > with my head turned to the side. > The pain and swelling went down some. I repeated that and > the pain and swelling went down some more. I could barely > insert a cotton tip applicator in my ear. > My ear swelled shut 2 more times and I repeated the above. > I held a heatiing pad wrapped in a towel to my ear and that > helped a little. > After 4 hours the pain and swelling began to disappear. > After that I had a little pain off and on, no more swelling. > I almost never have ear aches, Never had anything like > this. Have no idea what caused it. > > Hope this helps, > turtle > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 03:40:15 -0000 > > > > Subject: Severe ear infection ------HELP > > > > > > Ok, been on antibiotics for 4 days now, but the pain is just so > > severe. My ear canal is swollen shut, my face is swollen and the > > side of my neck is swollen as well. I have done the following: > > warmed olive oil and garlic > > ear wax candles (4x) > > OTC ear drops > > heating pad with moist heat > > blowdryer blowing into the ear > > > > > > Can I put DMSO in my ear? If so, should I dilute it, can I put it > > into my ear canal? Should I mix it with something??? > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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