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Lytelbridd: 10 months ago

How can I get water out of my ear?

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Echo: 10 months ago | Last edited at 10:46AM on 8/2/2012

Getting water trapped in your ear after swimming is definitely annoying, and can even cause ear infections. To get rid of water in your ear, first you should dry your ear with a towel, and then tilt your head so your ear is by your shoulder. Then pull gently on your earlobe so that the water can drain out. If that doesn't work, you can actually put 5 or 6 drops of rubbing alcohol inside your ear, the alcohol dries up the water on contact, and doesn't hurt your ear. Afterwards, tilt your head to the side and allow the excess rubbing alcohol to drain out onto a towel or tissue. Good luck!

http://www.livestrong.com/article/17479-remove-water-ears-after-swimming/
http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/how-to-get-water-out-of-your-ears/

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LiLSituation: 10 months ago

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rafaelq92: 10 months ago via iPhone

Jump on the leg side that you have water in your ear and shake your head.

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kuuipo: 10 months ago via iPhone

Put a few drops of rubbing alcohol in your ear. That should dry it up.

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emileh: 10 months ago

^^^ agreed with rafaelq

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jerrymo: 10 months ago via iPhone

Alcohol

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Toxicity: 10 months ago

glug. . .glug. . .glug. . .*puts glass down*
Not working! agh!

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CrazyHorseWon: 10 months ago via iPhone

Nope none of that will work you have to go to see a Doc it happen to me about 3weeks ago it was bad i have to take all kinds of Meds for it good luck I feel your pain

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yatoo: 10 months ago

After your advice to another Question on another day,,,thought sure whiskey was going to be involved !! lol CHW

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taylorswift4ever98: 10 months ago

I tilt my head and jump up and down

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ollieapples: 10 months ago via iPhone

Use a blow dryer or lay on a heating pad.

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Apples0808: 10 months ago

use an ear-bud. i have tried it many times

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LoveMyBoyFriend21: 10 months ago

^^^^^^^^^ i agree with echo.

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hellokittylover24: 10 months ago

i think you should put a little bit more water inside and then tilt your head and jump 3 times. that's what my dad always tells me.

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Piny: 10 months ago

tillt your head ,then take a Dry towel to dry off water inside your ear.

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astro101: 10 months ago

hope on one foot

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XKenzieX: 10 months ago

*Hop*
XD

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astro101: 10 months ago

my bad

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XKenzieX: 10 months ago

get a turkey thing

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IForgotMyEmail: 10 months ago

?????
Lol

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vikki624: 10 months ago

baster, then call er ha ha

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caranvicluvrobert: 10 months ago

Turkey Baster?
WFT IS THAT OHH THE TURKEY THING!

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Clonal: 10 months ago

tilt your head whatever side its in and take a q tip and start cleaning always works for me...

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kinasifire: 10 months ago

go under the water and come up and before you come up shake your head until you come up all the way

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Meiple: 10 months ago

Wait why not use a que-tip?

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IForgotMyEmail: 10 months ago

A shake a sha shake it a shake it sha ka shake it shake it out!

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Ash9285: 10 months ago

when i have water in my ear, i lie on my side and put peroxide in the ear that has water. sometimes it takes a couple times for the water to leave but it always works for me.

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smileyface321: 10 months ago

shake your head

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arabgal23: 10 months ago

walk backwards..GUARANTEE!!!! =)

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arabgal23: 10 months ago

Oh,my bad.

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neonmagic: 10 months ago

Just put your hands on your ears then suck the water with your hands like suction cups Hoped I helped

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guurrrl101: 10 months ago

tilt your head to the side that the ear has water in and jump up and down

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kaitsexy1: 10 months ago

if you have stairs at your home hop on 1 leg down them with your head on a side

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mad8megdog: 10 months ago

go to walgreens and buy swimmers ear. its helps almost immediatly.

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NICHOLAS259: 10 months ago

use a q tip

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Arringtastic51: 10 months ago

Why is Gloria wearing a dress from Dragon Master Unico Electronics, Nicholas?

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NICHOLAS259: 10 months ago

idk

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insanemonkey77: 10 months ago

tilt your head so the ear id facing down and put a dry towel in it then shake your head down then go back up slowly as possible then do it again. you should be able to tell when its out

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Carolz: 10 months ago

I suffer from swimmer's ear every time I wash my hair and get water in my ear. The doctor I saw who specializes in ENT (ear, nose and throat) recommended a 50/50 mix of rubbing alcohol and apple cider vinegar (the brown stuff). The alcohol breaks the surface tension of the water trapped in your ear and helps remove it; the cider vinegar restores the ph balance to the tissue that has been exposed to the alcohol. Place a few drops of the mix in the ear, then work the ear a little by pressing the front of the ear to close the canal and move your jaw up and down a few times as if chewing. Tip you head over a towel to drain the ear, gently tugging at the ear lobe to help it drain.

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Arringtastic51: 10 months ago

To dig an ear when it gets hurt.

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minig: 10 months ago

put a few drops of water in your ear. let it go inside your ear. within a few seconds you turn your head the other side and let go of water. Then what ever is inside your ear comes out. Guaranteed!!!

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Josh220: 10 months ago

Use q tips or turkey baster

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Mileyboo_cyrus: 10 months ago

my cousin's dad made up a fun way shake he well.. shakes out the water or it comes out naturally i guess

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Stokesmar34: 10 months ago

There is a bottled solution available at local pharmacies/markets, mine is labeled Auro-Dri but different stores probably have other brands. A few drops in affected ear should alleviate the problem. Solution is 95 percent isopropyl alcohol and 5 percent anhydrous glycerin

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couchcrust: 10 months ago

Don't put your ear in the water in the first place, or stick your ear up to a bright light and the water will be attracted to it.

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breannahoran: 10 months ago

dry with a kleenex then put more water in your ear then shake it out and pull down on your ear lobe while leaning over

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merbzyderdzy123: 10 months ago

put about a tablespoon a of white vinegar in your ear for about five minutes, then avoid putting your ear in water

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TracyGalvani: 10 months ago

Beeswax ear candles from any health food store follow the directions also sweet oil heated just a tad not hot and a cotton ball helps

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ninja90234: 10 months ago

yawn and burp

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xmattxrocks: 10 months ago

Bounce on one leg to the side

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brooklynandbailee: 10 months ago

You can try putting a little rubbing alcohol in your ear with a cotton ball in at the end and let it sit there for a while then just tilt your head and let the alcohol and water run out of your ear onto the cotton ball or if that doesn't work, once we used a beeswax ear candle to get it out.. you should be able to find one at a local health food store. Hope this helps!(:

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Shrimp61: 10 months ago

Lay on your one side that has the water if jumping up and down with ur head tilted dosn't work

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Milatzyeh: 10 months ago

tilt the head in side that u have the water in,and hit the head with ur hand above the ear

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JaceVexus: 10 months ago

Take toilet paper and roll it up into a long thin strand. Stick that sucker into your ear and wait for the water to absorb onto it. Then pull it out.

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ladyoftexas: 10 months ago

you also could get drops for swimmers ears and then put cotton in the ear that you put the drops in

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GeekinthePink: 10 months ago

shake your head out! u look stupid doing it so u might not wanna do it in public. lolz

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VictoriaGugliotta: 10 months ago

tilt your head then use a q-tip to get the water

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nathan72: 10 months ago

stand on your head

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