Just Had My Ear Syringed — It Went Perfectly!

[BobDigi]

Hi. I've had loud tinnitus in my left ear for a few years now.
Since being a teenager (39 now)
I've had ear syringing every now and then. I simply get too much wax.

Since tinnitus began, I've been lucky in the fact that my left ear hasn't had to be syringed.

Anyway last weekend it got so muffled I needed to get it done. I put drops in it for about a week, then yesterday got it syringed at the doctor's.

What's the point in my post? Just to say it was fine. No increase in tinnitus. I just feel that some times people only put horror stories online, that it gives a skewed sense of danger.

My ear needed syringing, I got it syringed, I can now hear, and it went perfectly!

 

[threefirefour]

Hi. I've had loud tinnitus in my left ear for a few years now.
Since being a teenager (39 now)
I've had ear syringing every now and then. I simply get too much wax.

Since tinnitus began, I've been lucky in the fact that my left ear hasn't had to be syringed.

Anyway last weekend it got so muffled I needed to get it done. I put drops in it for about a week, then yesterday got it syringed at the doctor's.

What's the point in my post? Just to say it was fine. No increase in tinnitus. I just feel that some times people only put horror stories online, that it gives a skewed sense of danger.

My ear needed syringing, I got it syringed, I can now hear, and it went perfectly!

I'm glad it worked out for you, but syringing can cause an increase in tinnitus, as it's happened to a lot of users here. Good it worked out for you, but please be careful and use other methods of earwax removal. Only syringe if it gets too packed in.

 

[Markku]

"Ear syringing unsafe and doesn't work, health chiefs warn"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/ear-syringing-unsafe-doesnt-work-health-chiefs-warn/

(thanks @GregCA for initially posting this)

 

[Sam Bridge]

"Ear syringing unsafe and doesn't work, health chiefs warn"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/ear-syringing-unsafe-doesnt-work-health-chiefs-warn/

(thanks @GregCA for initially posting this)

Yeah when @BobDigi says syringing he means the method which is stated in the article where water is pumped in at a controlled pressure. In England we still call it syringing for some reason.

 

[BobDigi]

Yeah when @BobDigi says syringing he means the method which is stated in the article where water is pumped in at a controlled pressure. In England we still call it syringing for some reason.

Yeah you're right. What else do people call it?