The stuffy and clogged feeling in the ear after swimming is considered to be caused by water in the ear canal, cerumen clogging, otitis externa, etc. It can be treated by positional changes, local heating methods or suction devices.
1. Water in the ear canal: The stuffy and clogged feeling in the ear after swimming may be caused by water in the ear due to lack of attention to protection during swimming. After swimming ashore, you should promptly turn down the ear hole on the side of the water inlet, and try to discharge the water in the ear to reduce the stuffy and blocked feeling in the ear.
2. Cerumen impaction: Cerumen impaction can be caused by water in the ear canal, resulting in the expansion of cerumen in the ear after absorbing the water, resulting in a stuffy and clogged feeling in the ear after swimming. It is necessary to go to the regular hospital and ask the doctor to use the suction device to suck the water out of the ear canal under the observation of the otoscope, or perform cerumen impaction to relieve the stuffy and blocked feeling of the ear.
3. Otitis externa: When swimming, if the ear gets into the water, it is easy to combine with bacteria and other pathogens infection, resulting in otitis externa, due to the swelling of the external auditory canal and the feeling of stuffy plugged ears. You can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply oxfloxacin ear drops ear drops, oral amoxicillin and other drugs to fight infection. Patients with a history of drug allergy should not be used.
When there is a stuffy and blocked feeling in the ears after swimming, it is necessary to consult the ENT department as soon as possible to clarify the cause of the disease and then follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.