warm olive oil for earache?

[sair5412]

Thanks for all your responses. I'm still in agony and have been busy with my son. How do I warm the olive oil up? Is Olivio ok?? It's all i have!

[wonderwoman1]

Is olivio not a spread? It should be from a bottle of olive oil.

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[wonderwoman1]

oops, meant to say, just pour a little into a small pan and heat very slowly so that you can comfortably dip your finger into it.

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[sair5412]

yes it's oil in a bottle called Olivio. It says vegetable oil with 15% pure natural olive oil. HELP!! It's killing me! : /

[sair5412]

thanks!! I'm on to it now!!
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[Slooow_Jo]

My mum used to use olive oil whenever I had ear-ache when I was little, & I remember she would stand the bottle of oil in warm water to warm it that way.

[idalovett]

You need the real Olive oil - you can get that at a chemist if you don't want to go shopping. It's only Olive oil that Doctors, nurses and audiologists advise using and that is simply to loosen ear wax.

[crete]

please dont use cooking olive oil in your infected ear, phone nhs 24 rather than accepting advice here.at the moment.

[Goodsoulette]

Olive oil ...noo, as a life long ear aches sufferer do not put anything in your ear unless advised by a doctor. If its something like otitis externa then you couls get it all infected and worse. Get a hot water bottle and put it over your ear, the warming effect seems to help relieve the pressure.

[ummmm1]

I agree with the above. i thought you put warm oil in your ears to release built up wax not for an infected ear.

[sair5412]

done it now and i do feel slightly better actually. I'm still alive anyway! Albeit, deaf as a post!

[prattler]

Almond oil is the oil of choice to soothe a sore ear by the way.