Endlessly itchy wet ears

[SimplyMe2007]

Since I was a child I have had ear problems but over the past few years I have had increasingly maddening ear problems.  I have used drops and anti biotics.  I sense relief then the symptoms return.  Most days I can hear but am constantly aware that my ears are itchy.  The challenge is to not itch.  If I itch, I usually get flaky stuff that I literally can lift off my inner ear.If I itch too much it becomes wet and begins draining a wet clear fluid.  Then at night, whatever side I lay on clogs shut.  In the morning there is thick crusty crud that again I try not to pick at.  Im obviously in continual circle of symptoms here.  Dr's seem to think I cause this problem by itching which causes infection which causes itchiness. HELP please?  I am open to homeopathic suggestions as mainstream medicine just seems to temporarily relieve the symptoms and not cure the cause.  Thanks in advance

[hsavage12345]

Barann, Hopefully you'll see this. I'm using the Zymox on day 2. After 4 years of itchy ears and trying every expensive solution under the sun. But what Im experiencing is without the hydrocortisone in the drops, my ears itch like MAD when I put the zymox drops in. So much so that I can't stand it and I end up itching my ears at night. Now my right ear feels full. This has never been a problem before so I'm wondering if you experienced something similar and if I just need to persevere...

[hsavage12345]

The Hydrocortizone caused the horrible dry crusty painful ear aftermath when you stop using it. It's not a cure - only a bandaide. The Doctors tell you to use it to manage a condition but it's not treating the underlying cause of the itchy flaky ear. I know - I went through the same thing. 3 years of itchy ears, went to 3 EMTs. First one gave me hydrocortisone with Acetic acid and it did the same thing to my ears that you are describing. Horrible. I'm trying to Zymox now, at least that treats the cause. Will see if it works.
Oh - by the way - what the Doctors don't tell you is that steroid creams cause permanent skin thinning on the body. That's their main side effect. Imagine the life long damage caused by permanent usage near your ear drum?

[cajunears]

Random, but how did you know if you had parasites in your ear? Did you see and ENT, Dermatologist or homeopath? Just trying to figure out the correct approach.

[cajunears]

Does anyone have slight swelling of the inner ear canal and ear fissures? They can be so painful. I typically will use a triple antibiotic ointment on them and that clears them up and lessens the pain for a few days, but the constant itching ignites the fissures again (that never actually completely close) to reopen.

These symptoms of itchiness, clear discharge w/smell, fissures and slight swelling have been going on for almost two years.

[cajunears]

Would you mind giving us the ratio of vinegar to filtered water that you use. How many ml or oz of each?


I would greatly appreciate it.

[T224u]

Try blow drying ur ears with the dryer set on cool. I believe it is a yeast infection in ur ears. Does it seem to be worse at times? Try keeping track of what u eat & see if foods with yeast ,sugar,alcohol,etc. Make it worse