Please help, leaving in an hour and need advice!

xpatchx · Feb 28th, 2010, 06:02 AM

I have chronic ear infections and it's so bad today that I'm using HAIRCLIPS to itch inside. I have a burst eardrum in one ear and a slightly perforated one in the other.

I booked an appointment to see my GP, but he would only givbe me one for thursday morning. I am killing myself with itch! I am actually sticking EVERYTHING into my ears to stop the itch.

What I wanna know is.. have any of you girls got any over the counter ear drops that are okay to take when pregnant? Last time the doctor wouldn't give me anything to FIX them, but I wondered if I could get some soothing ones???

Any help would be appreciated... leaving in 58 minutes to the MIL's where we'll be proceeding to ASDA and the ASDA pharmacy!

bexxie · Feb 28th, 2010, 06:17 AM

I suffer with this my case it is excema

I use har grips which is soooo bad but I know what the itch is like! You can get I think an earax type one and will be safe to use....use some warm olive oil and put in ear should stop itching but you need anti-biotics as is infected to get that itchy....you poor thing...for pain I took Co-deine
x

thechaosismex · Feb 28th, 2010, 07:43 AM

Noooooo! I got a telling off for using anything drop wise in my ears, the doctor had to go through a massive medical book for pregnant ladies and found I could only take 2 different types of antibiotics and codeine for the pain. Apparantly the drops have something in them that is bad for pregnancy :s I still have an ear infection in the right ear and its been 2 months

!

Get yourself some cocodamol from asda and hope they knock you out until thurs

xx

bexxie · Feb 28th, 2010, 08:10 AM

Hang on a minute I am medically trained hun and believe me there are plenty of ear-drops you can take in pregnancy..........I know as have to use and get prescribed for it in all my pregnancys
x

lizzieredrup · Feb 28th, 2010, 08:27 AM

Is there not an emergency doctor you could see hun? I have been to see the emergency doctor a few times this pregnancy because I always manage to fall ill on a weekend lol It really doesn't sound nice what your going through! Must be hell having to wait so long!

thechaosismex · Feb 28th, 2010, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bexxie

Hang on a minute I am medically trained hun and believe me there are plenty of ear-drops you can take in pregnancy..........I know as have to use and get prescribed for it in all my pregnancys
x

Oh sorry! Thought that was someone jumping down my throat...

Never mind eh?!

I think my GP saying to me "do not use any type of ear drops during pregnancy" was enough for me to listen!

LankyDoodle · Feb 28th, 2010, 09:52 AM

My GP also struggled to find eardrops suitable for me to use during pregnancy and said you have to be extremely careful about self-medicating in pregnancy.

My husband's boss's wife is a medical receptionist and told me to take a certain sleeping tablet when I started suffering with insomnia... I had an appt with my GP anyway, and mentioned the insomnia and what L had told me to do/take and he gasped in horror and said I should not self-medicate during pregnancy, and should only take things prescribed by him - a qualified doctor! He actually said 'leave the doctoring to the doctors!' when I told him a medical receptionist had recommended it!

Of course paracetomol and things like that are fine, but if you have a particular illness like an ear infection, it's best to chat to a doctor. Have you tried NHS Direct? They do have doctors who will chat to you on the phone, but it takes a while for them to get back to you.

bexxie · Feb 28th, 2010, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thechaosismex

Quote:

Originally Posted by bexxie

Hang on a minute I am medically trained hun and believe me there are plenty of ear-drops you can take in pregnancy..........I know as have to use and get prescribed for it in all my pregnancys
x

Oh sorry! Thought that was someone jumping down my throat...

Never mind eh?!

I think my GP saying to me "do not use any type of ear drops during pregnancy" was enough for me to listen!

Thought word 'hun' would have deflected that I wasnt jumping down your throat...people who know me know I never soft soap and always speak my mind just way I am I guess

Strage GP you have was he a british one and I mean no offence here just a lot of europeon GP's have different view points

JessiHD · Feb 28th, 2010, 10:35 AM

Maybe you could check with the pharmacist, they are sometimes a bit more clued up than GPs on what you can and can't take. If you are really in distress I'd ask the doctor to go through the BNF (a book of all medicines licensed in the UK) with you to see if there is anything you can take.

xpatchx · Feb 28th, 2010, 16:59 PM

I spoke to the pharmacist today. She said as it's OBVIOUSLY infected (from the green gunk coming out, the itch, and as they're perforated it's blatantly gonna get infected) she can give me Earex or Otex but thats ONLY gonna unblock, which isn't my problem and she said she can't give me ANYTHING else she has for ear infections without my doctors permission. The only way I can see an emergency doctor is to phone at 7pm, make an appointment for sometime that night before 4am, and then treck an hour to the surgery. My doctor is in Boots and he only does "emergency" appointments at his other practice, which is out in the middle of nowhere. =(

I'm using olive oil and cotton buds and just trying to keep it clean. So painful. =(

Thank you all for your advice though!!!!! xxx

Feb 28th, 2010, 06:02 AM	#1
xpatchx Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chatham, Kent Posts: 1,879	Please help, leaving in an hour and need advice! I have chronic ear infections and it's so bad today that I'm using HAIRCLIPS to itch inside. I have a burst eardrum in one ear and a slightly perforated one in the other. I booked an appointment to see my GP, but he would only givbe me one for thursday morning. I am killing myself with itch! I am actually sticking EVERYTHING into my ears to stop the itch. What I wanna know is.. have any of you girls got any over the counter ear drops that are okay to take when pregnant? Last time the doctor wouldn't give me anything to FIX them, but I wondered if I could get some soothing ones??? Any help would be appreciated... leaving in 58 minutes to the MIL's where we'll be proceeding to ASDA and the ASDA pharmacy!

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Feb 28th, 2010, 06:17 AM	#2
bexxie BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,056	I suffer with this my case it is excema I use har grips which is soooo bad but I know what the itch is like! You can get I think an earax type one and will be safe to use....use some warm olive oil and put in ear should stop itching but you need anti-biotics as is infected to get that itchy....you poor thing...for pain I took Co-deine x
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Feb 28th, 2010, 07:43 AM	#3
thechaosismex Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wilts Posts: 1,541	Noooooo! I got a telling off for using anything drop wise in my ears, the doctor had to go through a massive medical book for pregnant ladies and found I could only take 2 different types of antibiotics and codeine for the pain. Apparantly the drops have something in them that is bad for pregnancy :s I still have an ear infection in the right ear and its been 2 months ! Get yourself some cocodamol from asda and hope they knock you out until thurs xx

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Feb 28th, 2010, 08:10 AM	#4
bexxie BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,056	Hang on a minute I am medically trained hun and believe me there are plenty of ear-drops you can take in pregnancy..........I know as have to use and get prescribed for it in all my pregnancys x
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Feb 28th, 2010, 08:27 AM	#5
lizzieredrup Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wales Posts: 2,029	Is there not an emergency doctor you could see hun? I have been to see the emergency doctor a few times this pregnancy because I always manage to fall ill on a weekend lol It really doesn't sound nice what your going through! Must be hell having to wait so long!

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Feb 28th, 2010, 09:52 AM	#7
LankyDoodle Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: England Posts: 4,928	My GP also struggled to find eardrops suitable for me to use during pregnancy and said you have to be extremely careful about self-medicating in pregnancy. My husband's boss's wife is a medical receptionist and told me to take a certain sleeping tablet when I started suffering with insomnia... I had an appt with my GP anyway, and mentioned the insomnia and what L had told me to do/take and he gasped in horror and said I should not self-medicate during pregnancy, and should only take things prescribed by him - a qualified doctor! He actually said 'leave the doctoring to the doctors!' when I told him a medical receptionist had recommended it! Of course paracetomol and things like that are fine, but if you have a particular illness like an ear infection, it's best to chat to a doctor. Have you tried NHS Direct? They do have doctors who will chat to you on the phone, but it takes a while for them to get back to you.

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Feb 28th, 2010, 10:35 AM	#9
JessiHD Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Birmingham, West Midlands Posts: 1,201	Maybe you could check with the pharmacist, they are sometimes a bit more clued up than GPs on what you can and can't take. If you are really in distress I'd ask the doctor to go through the BNF (a book of all medicines licensed in the UK) with you to see if there is anything you can take.

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Feb 28th, 2010, 16:59 PM	#10
xpatchx Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chatham, Kent Posts: 1,879	I spoke to the pharmacist today. She said as it's OBVIOUSLY infected (from the green gunk coming out, the itch, and as they're perforated it's blatantly gonna get infected) she can give me Earex or Otex but thats ONLY gonna unblock, which isn't my problem and she said she can't give me ANYTHING else she has for ear infections without my doctors permission. The only way I can see an emergency doctor is to phone at 7pm, make an appointment for sometime that night before 4am, and then treck an hour to the surgery. My doctor is in Boots and he only does "emergency" appointments at his other practice, which is out in the middle of nowhere. =( I'm using olive oil and cotton buds and just trying to keep it clean. So painful. =( Thank you all for your advice though!!!!! xxx

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