How to relieve an ear infection quickly?

How to relieve an ear infection quickly? Although ear infections are very common in children, adults can also get ear infections.

An ear infection may go away on its own after 2 to 3 days and other times it may require consultation with a medical professional. Here are some tips to prevent and relieve ear infections naturally.

1. Castor oil and otitis

While waiting to see your doctor, you can pour a few drops of castor oil into the infected ear to quickly relieve the pain caused by otitis.

1. Pour a few drops of castor oil on a cotton ball and insert at the entrance of the ear.
2. Leave in place and repeat to relieve ear infection quickly.

If the ear infection pain is still present after 3 days, it is important to see a medical professional to cure the ear infection effectively.

To relieve an ear infection in the middle of the night, castor oil is one natural remedy to try!

2. Otitis and sweet almond oil

If you don’t have castor oil at home, sweet almond oil will work just fine for earaches as long as it’s not a scented oil.

1. Lightly warm sweet almond oil and pour 2-4 drops into the infected ear.
2. You can also soak a cotton ball and insert it at the entrance of the ear as for castor oil above.
3. Leave on overnight and repeat as needed if the pain still persists the next day.

Sweet almond oil is a solution for quickly and naturally relieving ear infections in the middle of the night for an adult. It works very well!

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3. Relieve ear infections with poppy seed oil

Poppyseed oil found in natural food stores can also be of great help to you in treating, or rather naturally relieving, ear infections.

A natural trick to quickly relieve pain:

Of course, just like castor and sweet almond oil, this poppy seed oil is a natural solution for quick relief and not for treatment.

Natural remedies are offered only to relieve and calm an ear infection. If after 3 days the ear infection or the pain is still present, it is absolutely necessary to consult a doctor to cure it.

4. Cure an ear infection with garlic?

An old grandmother’s remedy to soothe an ear infection consists of piercing a clove of garlic and squeezing the garlic juice into the ear. The substances contained in garlic have antiseptic properties and will quickly relieve otitis.

Garlic juice is therefore a good home remedy and 100% natural to try to relieve (not to cure) an ear infection while waiting for the doctor’s appointment.

Consult if the pain persists beyond 3 days!

Of course, old-fashioned remedies like this will never replace a real ear infection treatment or product. Always follow the recommendations of your doctor in case of doubt or an earache that persists beyond 2 or 3 days.

5. Eucalyptus essential oil remedy

Another grandmother’s remedy once used to help cure ear infections naturally was to use eucalyptus oil.

Here is how to make this anti-otitis remedy:

1. Mix 1 or 2 drops of eucalyptus essential oil with 6 drops of carrier oil.
2. Apply the oil mixture all around the ear (never inside).
3. Repeat 2 times a day for 2 days to quickly calm otitis.

How about lavender essential oil!

You can also rub around the ear with lavender essential oil in adults. Antiviral and calming, this oil will quickly calm the pain of otitis.

6. Relieve an ear infection with heat

When it comes to any ailment, heat or cold is ideal for relieving the pain and quickly feeling better.

Heat and earache!

So in the case of otitis or earache this is no exception, because heat is a very effective trick for otitis.

Indeed, the heat would have beneficial effects on the pain associated with otitis. You can therefore place a hot water bottle on the affected ear or simply a warm compress (not too hot so as not to burn yourself)!

Cold and earache!

But the opposite is also true! Indeed, if you are looking for a quick, very quick way to soothe earache, then the cold water compress is a good solution.

Simply apply the cold compress to the hurting ear for 10-15 minutes and repeat several times throughout the day as needed.

7. See a doctor to treat an ear infection

Finally, remember that the only solution to relieve pain and treat ear infections is to consult a doctor.

This is the only way to get a doctor’s prescription for antibiotics that will not only relieve pain, but also fight infection in the ear.

Analgesic ear drops:

Analgesic ear drops poured into the ear three times a day will provide quick relief from earaches caused by ear infections. Consult a healthcare professional to choose the right pain reliever to relieve an otit.

Now that you know our tips for relieving an ear infection faster here are some preventative tips:

Thoroughly clean the ears:

One tip to avoid getting ear infections is to have good ear hygiene. Indeed, do you take the time to wash your ears well a few times a week?

How to wash the ears?

The best tip for cleaning your ears is to rinse them out when you’re in the shower. Simply tilt your head and let the water enter the ear and repeat for the other side.

For other ear cleaning tips, I suggest this article: How to do an ear wash?

Unclog your ears quickly against otitis

To complete the previous tip, it is also very important to quickly unclog the ears to avoid any complications.

Indeed, as soon as you feel a certain pressure in the ears or a hearing problem, a deep cleaning is essential.

The syringe trick is definitely the best trick as you can read here: Trick to unclog an ear.

Bathing, showering and bathing

If swimming is frequent at home, it is important to check your child’s ears for water after swimming.

Simply tilt your head to the sides and gently tug on the earlobe to remove any remaining water from your child’s ear.

Same thing for the shower and the bath, we make sure to always drain the water well from the ears.

A drop of sweet almond oil before swimming

To avoid ear infections and especially to prevent water from entering and remaining in the ear during swimming, you can add 1 or 2 drops of sweet almond oil before swimming.

This oil will help the water to evacuate much more quickly and easily from the ears thus avoiding swimmer’s ear.