Welp apparently I've had a ear infection for the last two or three weeks , went to doctor and they got me on a five day of some antibiotics and a steroid one day four but man I feel like crap and got a bad sore throat... Anyone got any home remedies or something? At least for the sinus drainage

Use WAY more Sudafed than what is recommended. I sometimes take four with a half of Benadryl if I’m really clogged up.

That can kill your kidneys

Neti pot?

Not if it’s once a year??
I don’t struggle with allergies this is just for sick times

As per my family doctor- sinus wash, sinus wash, sinus wash!!! It’s worked for me for well over a decade!

.22 short up the left side,.if that don't remedy, pop a try on the right!
Something needs to be moved.

Ask for the Sudafed that is kept behind the counter. Druggies steal it if they put it out on the shelf. The stuff on the shelf cannot be processed to make into meth, but it does not work as good as the Sudafed behind the counter.

Just went through the exact same thing for about a month, finally broke down and got antibiotics which I don’t like to do. Felt 90 percent better in 2 days. I’d tried pretty much all home remedies. Sleepy time sinus soother tea helped at night, NyQuil.

A lot of what you're feeling is likely sinus inflammation. If you're blowing and blowing and nothing's coming out despite feeling more and more clogged, your sinuses are likely inflamed, and blowing more just inflamed then more, so five the blowing a rest.

Otherwise.....all the stuff that'll normally make your nose run. Hot showers, spicy peppers, horseradish, and hard work. For real, exerting yourself physically and buildi g up a sweat and high heart rate will clear it up for a while, if you're able.

A good single malt, honey, and lemon served warm.

China virus,..covid brought this on,..pretty prevalent within the populous.

Light saltwater solution sprayed in the nostrils
1/2 teaspoon non iodized salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda in two cups of warm distilled water

Used to use the behind the counter Sudafed, the pharmacist suggested 24 hr Loratadine 10mg tablets ... Really dries things up in a couple of hours no runny nose, mucus in the back of your throat and helps unplug ears.

Available over the counter

this from Walgreens.


For the sore throat ... combination of honey, lemon, eucalyptus, and/or elderberry as a hot tea or cough drops.

Make sure to continue use of all your antibiotics no matter how well you feel.

vicks!!!!!!

Add flonase with it, I just got over the same thing 2 weeks ago

I struggle with sinus issues every time I get a cold. Had multiple CT Scans to try to figure it out. Narrow nasal passages or something.

Had several Docs tell me FLONASE or the generic equivalent almost every morning.

are you wearing ear plugs a lot on the boat?
ear buds count as ear plugs , my 2 kids in MKE both had ear infections this summer , the heat and listening to all their music through ear buds all the time.

did you go for a swim in the river?

A couple of teaspoons of GOOD Horseradish will get ya cleared up :-) . . . PS, old time remedy for ear infections was blowing hot smoke from a tobacco pipe into the ears

Thanks everyone... Yeah went from just being. Stopped up blowing out some clear stuff to now I'm hacking up and blowing yellow green and I'm sore all over and just friggin tired . Probably don't help I was getting up every other last night to back up something or blow it out.Asked the wife to pick up on of them nasal wash things and today was the last of my antibiotics so I'll see how I feel tomorrow, might have to just go go my doctor and see what else they can give me. Usually get a bit of a upper respiratory infection once a year round now but the ear infection is a bit different then usual... Usually just spend a hour or two throwing up stuff that look like jelly fish and I'm good but man this is whoopin on me a lil