how do i treat an infected ear piercing?
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['Wash your hands before touching or cleaning your piercing.', 'Clean around the piercing with a saltwater rinse three times a day. ... ', "Don't use alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, or antibiotic ointments. ... ", "Don't remove the piercing. ... ", 'Clean the piercing on both sides of your earlobe.']
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Clean inside of ear and ear canal with cotton. Insert nozzle of container into ear canal and squeeze twice. Repeat daily until improvement is noted. Apply daily until danger from infection is eliminated or until healing takes place.
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To clean your piercing, you can use a solution of warm water with sea salt, which will help to kill any bacteria and keep things clean. Watch out for any signs of severe pain, itchiness, or redness that can indicate an infection, and talk to your doctor if you suspect anything.
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['Mineral oil. Try dripping mineral, olive, or baby oil into your clogged ear. ... ', 'Hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide otic. Hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide otic can also be dripped into your ear. ... ', 'Over-the-counter ear drops. ... ', 'Ear irrigation. ... ', 'Warm compress or steam.']
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Pain from ear infections can be treated with an OTC pain reliever. To treat the pain associated with ear infections, the AAP and the American Academy of Family Physicians recommend use of an over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever—like TYLENOL® or MOTRIN®—as stand-alone treatment or in combination with antibiotics.
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So what should you do? Octenisept is your best bet to ensure that the wound has been thoroughly disinfected. Physiological salt will in turn help clean the wound of any dirt specks. When it comes to healing there is one more myth to bust: moving jewelry around in a pierced spot does not help the wound to heal at all.
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['Always wash your hands before touching newly pierced ears.', 'Leave the earrings in your ears for six weeks or more, even at night. ... ', 'Regularly wash your ears with soap and water. ... ', 'Twist the earrings a few times daily. ... ', 'Put rubbing alcohol on your ears.']
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Treating the infection at home As long as your infection is minor, you may be able to take care of it at home. If you've had a cartilage piercing and it seems infected, seek medical treatment. These types of infections are harder to treat and may require oral antibiotics.
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First wash your hands with soap and water. Then prepare a saltwater solution of 1 cup (0.24 liters) water with about 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Stir until the salt dissolves. Leaving the piercing jewelry in place, soak a cotton ball in the solution and place it on the affected area.
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['Wash your hands before touching or cleaning your piercing.', 'Clean around the piercing with a saltwater rinse three times a day. ... ', "Don't use alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, or antibiotic ointments. ... ", "Don't remove the piercing."]
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Note: You should never clean newly pierced/stretched ears with rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide. Both will kill any germs, but they also can kill the new skin that is developing and extend the time it takes to heal. ... Just make sure it is not clamping onto your ear lobe too tightly.
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Do not over-clean your piercing. ... Salt water and/or saline solutions should be used to irrigate your piercing, but it is the action of flushing out the wound that helps healing, not the saline itself. Likewise, soap should just be treated like soap; lather around your piercing and then rinse thoroughly.
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IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE Antiseptic preparations such as Savlon cream or spray, TCP, Hydrogen Peroxide, Lavender oil, Tea tree oil, Dettol, Surgical Spirit etc – DO NOT USE THESE to clean your piercing! These are very harsh and will cause irritation and delay healing.
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['Ask your doctor to remove the wax in their office.', 'Clean the outside of your ear with a damp cloth.', "If you choose to use cotton swabs, don't insert them into the ear canal.", 'You can use earwax softener to soften earwax for easier removal.', 'You can use a syringe to irrigate your ears.']
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Mix equal parts apple cider vinegar with warm, not hot, water. Apply 5 to 10 drops in each affected ear using a clean dropper bottle or baby syringe. Cover your ear with a cotton ball or clean cloth and lean on your side to let drops enter and sit in the ear. Do this for about 5 minutes.
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Apply rubbing alcohol with a cotton swab on the skin around your piercing, and on the nose ring itself. This will kill any bacteria or other germs that could lead to an infection. ... Use a sterile saline solution in addition to rubbing alcohol on an infected piercing.
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Clean around the piercing with a saltwater rinse three times a day. Use sterile saline (you can find some online) or combine 1/4 tsp. of salt with 8 oz. of distilled water.