What to do if your ears are stuffy from a cold

Colds that cause stuffy ears need to be treated according to the cause with cold medicines, mucus drainage promoters, glucocorticoid drugs and antibiotics as prescribed by the doctor. 1. Cold medicines: If the ear is stuffy and blocked in the early stage of cold, it can be considered that it is caused by the swelling of nasal mucous membrane which further affects the drainage function of Eustachian tube. In this case, you can take cold and flu medicines such as cotrimoxazole tablets for symptomatic treatment according to the doctor’s instructions; 2. Mucus drainage agents, glucocorticoid drugs: during the cold, if the patient’s ears are stuffy, tinnitus, hearing loss symptoms are more obvious, mostly considered a combination of secretory otitis media. It is recommended to use eucalyptus pinocchio enteric soft capsule and other mucus promoters, with budesonide nasal spray and other glucocorticoid drugs for treatment; 3. Antibiotics: Otitis media is triggered by secondary bacterial infection during a cold. For this situation need to actively use amoxicillin capsules, ofloxacin ear drops and other antibiotic drugs for treatment. If necessary, patients need to actively go to the regular hospital, under the guidance of the doctor to use drugs and treatment.