How to Remove Water from Ears

How to Remove Water from Ears

Although swimming is often the cause, you can get water trapped in your ear canal from any exposure to water. If this happens, you may feel a tickling sensation in your ear. This feeling may extend to your jawbone or throat. You may also not be able to hear as well or only hear muffled sounds.Usually, the water drains out on its own. If it doesn’t, the trapped water may lead to an ear infection. This type of ear infection in the external auditory canal of your outer ear is called swimmer’s ear. It’s not hard to get water out of your ear on your own. These 13 tips can help. First, you need to find out whether the fluid is accumulated in the outer ear or middle ear. Fluid accumulation in the middle ear must be treated by a doctor.
Fluid accumulation in the outer ear can be treated at home. There are simple and easy ways to remove fluid from the ear.

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How to Get Water Out of Your Ear

1. Jiggle your earlobe
This first method may shake the water out of your ear right away.

Gently tug or jiggle your earlobe while tilting your head in a downward motion toward your shoulder.

You can also try shaking your head from side to side while in this position.

2. Gravity
The best way to remove water from your ear is to let gravity do the work.
Tilt your head sideways and hold the affected ear parallel to the ground.
Place the palm of your hand flat against your ear and press hard for a few seconds. Quickly remove your hand. A temporary vacuum will form that will dislodge the fluid.
Use a cotton ear bud to very carefully remove the fluid draining from the ear.
Yawning or chewing motions can also help get water out of the ear canal by creating pressure in the middle ear and stretching the ear canal.

3. Valsalva Maneuver
Performing the Valsalva maneuver will help pop your ears to open the Eustachian tubes and push water out of your ears. Close your mouth and pinch your nostrils closed with your fingers, then take a deep breath.
Gently blow air out of your nose to regulate the air pressure. If done correctly, you will hear a slight popping sound which means the Eustachian tubes are open again.

4. Apply a hot compress
Water can sometimes get trapped in your eustachian tubes (which connect your middle ear to the area just behind your nasal passages). This technique can help release the water.

Using hot but not scalding water, wet a washcloth. Make sure to wring out the washcloth before you use it so that it doesn’t drip.
Tilt your head downward on the affected side and apply the cloth to the outside of your ear. Leave it on your ear for about 30 seconds, and then remove it for a minute.
Repeat these steps four or five times. It may help to sit up or lie down on the side opposite of the affected side of your body afterward.

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5. Blow dryer to get rid of fluid in ears in adults
A blow dryer can also be used to get water come out of the ear. Just place a blow dryer near your ear and turn on dryer to produce pressure. Hold dryer for a few seconds. This method would be effective for swimmer’s ear treatment.

6. Swimmers ear home remedy vinegar and alcohol
Mix apple cider vinegar and alcohol together and put a few drops of this solution in the ear canal. Gently rub the side area of ear and wait for water come out of the ear.

7. Use hydrogen peroxide eardrops
Hydrogen peroxide can help clear debris, earwax, bacteria, or trapped water from your ear.

Using a clean dropper, place three to four drops of hydrogen peroxide into your ear.
Wait two to three minutes.
Tilt the affected side downward, allowing the fluid to drain out.
Don’t use this method if you think you have any of these conditions:
an outer ear infection
a perforated eardrum
tympanostomy tubes (eardrum tubes)