How to Relieve a Throbbing Ear

Throbbing ear pain can get very annoying. This pain can be a number of different things, and finding the source will ease your discomfort. If the throbbing has persisted for more than a few days it is important to see your Doctor right away. This could be a minor problem or be something very critical; at the very least maybe you can find some relief. A few problems that you might encounter are:

Inner ear infection:

Most of the time this will be painful, you can feel the pain deep down inside your ear. The inside of the ear most of the time will swell up from the infection. The throbbing will be noticeable because of the swelling. This is usually in the right ear; because a main artery runs right though the neck on the right side. The nerves and blood vessels are in a tight area now with the swelling, which is causing the beating in the ear. A Doctor will be able to treat this with antibiotics.

Fluid behind the eardrum:

This is one of the most common types of ear pain. An example to explain this would be; take a glass bowl of water and covering it with saran wrap. Picture your ear as the saran wrap, and the water is in the bowl and away from it. Now flip the bowl over the water is on top of the saran wrap; this is basically what happens when there is fluid behind the ear.

Pulsating Tinnitus

Pulsating Tinnitus is a very annoying condition and Doctors have not been able to figure out the cause of it. The sound of your heartbeat or ringing in ears can be heard by you, and in some cases others around you. Most of the time there is damaged and inflamed tissue in the Eustachian tube behind the eardrum. The throbbing noise will come from the blood flow. There is usually no cure, but your Doctor has ways for you to deal with this.

Wax Build up

Getting the wax out of your ears is crucial. It is good to clean every time after a shower. This can gently be done by using q-tips. If the build-up is too bad then your Doctor will able to clean out your ears.

I have extreme allergies and most of the time during the allergy months, fluid builds up behind my eardrum. It has taken awhile to get used to, but now I am able to handle this with my Doctor's help.