What might have happened?

[RandomUsername01]

Hi, so im not entirely sure this is the place to be asking this is about my ear. Anyways here's the question. For a while now my nose has been blocked and a friend recommended I should use this little bottle thing where you put in warmish watter and squirt it up your nose which is supposed to clear up your nose. So i tried this and when i used it, it felt like there had gone some air/water through to my ear somehow. My ear then was pretty painful so i decided to go to sleep and hope the pain goes away, 3 - 4 hours later I wake up and the pain is about 50% less but I'm almost completely deaf (its like im holding my finger in my ear deaf) in this ear now and if i move my jaw in a certain way there's like a little "crackle" in my ear. There's still some pain but like i said its not as bad as it was but then there is the rest (deafness and the crackle) If its still the same in the morning i'll undoubtedly go see a doctor but in the meanwhile I'd like to see what random people on the internet think ^^. I'm just scared I might have damaged my ear permanently.

[Mini-Mina]

There is probably just some of the water from the nasel thing still inside. The ear nose and throat are all connected, so that is how it got in there from your nose. You could try letting gravity take it out by laying on your side for a while, but if not you could try flushing your sinuses again, which seems against the point, but it could work! Good luck!

[RandomUsername01]

Hi, yeah i forgot to mention in the initial post i tried lying on the ear when i went to sleep to see if any water came out but nothing did. Its the next day now though and my ear seems to be much better. still a little deaf but at this rate i think it will be 100% again within a day or two. Thanks though

[lanternhill]

You might have gotten water behind your eardrum. Just in case you should probably go see a doctor.

[RandomUsername01]

You're probably right, although if ear feels fine in the morning I probably won't. Unless i get the feeling there might be permanent damage

[lanternhill]

I was semi deaf for a few days due to congestion - it seems to have gone away on its own (I did take Afrin etc.) and my hearing seems mostly normal thank God. If it starts to hurt see a doctor.

[lanternhill]

Also when they were fixing my ears it got worse for a bit when they used water to clear them out.

[RandomUsername01]

Oh, that's good that it went away on its own mostly. I think that's a good idea though, If my ear seems fine tomorrow ill still take something for it just to be safe. Thanks

[lanternhill]

sure and I would check with an actual medical professional, I just have long experience with ear issues.

[RandomUsername01]

Even thought that's probably the best idea I've never really been a doctor person so I'll only go if I feel I really need to.

[Anonymous]

sorry it hurts i guess

[RandomUsername01]

Thanks