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monksarehunks t1_j9gnevi wrote

I periodically get clogged ears due to inflammation in my jaw (I grind my teeth at night) that is worsened by wax buildup. First, try building up pressure in your ears by holding your nose & closing your mouth while breathing out. Build up the pressure slowly and only do enough to clear the blockage.

If that doesn’t work, try mixing warm water and hydrogen peroxide in a 50:50 solution. Lay down on your side and put about a teaspoon of the solution into the exposed ear. Wait for at least 3 minutes, then flip over and repeat on the other side. The trick is letting the warm water/peroxide loosen up the wax for a few minutes before draining it out.

Edit: These are solutions to two different problems. See comment below for details.

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nerdsonarope t1_j9i071l wrote

These are solutions to two completely different problems. The valsalva maneuver (holding your nose while blowing out from your nose) can equalize the air pressure in your middle ear, which is behind the ear drum. The warm water/peroxide helps with was build up in the outer ear, outside of the ear drum. There's no reason why both would be used for a single issue since they are unrelated problems and only one of these has any relevance to each problem.

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