I am having some ear pain and am curious as to what is available for ear pain/ache here in thailand? thanks everyone

Antibiotics ear drops are available in every pharmacy.

But why not to go to a clinic or Hospital to check it out, if you have an ear infection you better take care of it as it could start hurting as .....

you need to have it examined to determine if it is an inner ear infection or infection of the outer ear canal.

Inner ear infection is treated with systemic antibiotics. Outer ear infection with antibiotic ear drops.

If this is an Outer Ear Infection and your symptoms are mild, you may begin treating it with regular ear drops that slightly acidify the ear canal. Alternatively you can use a homemade mix of 50% rubbing alcohol, 25% white vinegar, and 25% distilled water. You can use regular pain killers, such as paracetamol or aspirin, to mange mild pain.

You may also want to have your ear canal cleaned, removing any discharge or debris. A doctor or nurse can do this. In the UK, nurses routinely instruct patients how to do this themselves at home. This is normally done by gently pushing water into ear canal with the aid of a syringe (external use only). You must not insert any object (including your fingers) into the ear canal.

If the symptoms persist you might need antibiotic ear drops. If the symptoms continuously reoccur try to find the underlying cause. Read around “swimmer's ear”, if you don't have a generally weakened immune system or other chronic conditions.

If this an Inner Ear Infection, you may want to wait for a little while and hope that it clears up by itself. You need to carefully monitor your condition. As soon as it worsens or persist for some time without any betterment, you need to have (oral) antibiotics. It's advisable to consult a doctor in this case.

I do not know your location but have used the ENT Department at St. Louis Hospital located on Sathorn Road, in Bangkok. They use a Zeiss machine that allows them to look right into the ear and a tv setup that displays the complete inner ear to the doctor and patient. It is then possible to locate any and all problems in the ear and the correct medication is applied to the infected area. The head of the department used to be a female and she and her cohorts are extremely competent (if she is still working as she may have retired).

Do not be foolish and use "popular" medications such as drops, or other home remedies as are usually recommended by unknowing persons because they may just cover up the symptoms and hide further infection developments in the ear. Get to a qualified ENT Department and have the job done properly and professionally.

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Do not be foolish and use "popular" medications such as drops, or other home remedies as are usually recommended by unknowing persons because they may just cover up the symptoms and hide further infection developments in the ear.

Ear drops can neither "cover up" symptoms nor "hide" infections. Please get your facts right.

Ear infections quite common here. If you live in a seaside town or use swimming pools go and get it checked at a hospital. Easy and not expensive.

Basically two causes of earache............... Otitis externa and Otitis Media

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Otitis-media/Pages/Introduction.aspx

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/otitis-externa/Pages/Introduction.aspx

There are , of course other causes of earache.

A doctors opinion should be sought both in relation to the diagnosis and the correct treatment.

Blind, self prescribed, therapy is almost always a mistake.

Tarivid is available in most chemist shops here - works for me when I get an outer ear infection after swimming.

Whatever you do, if it starts itching, don't scratch it or aggravate it with cotton buds etc, it'll get worse if you do.

Yes - get it looked at. No excuse when a local clinic doctor charges so little and this type of issue is meat and drink to them. My UK doctor prescribed an antibi spray which worked very effectively on my recurring (once or twice a year) otitis externa - bacterial infection of the outer ear canal usually caused by over zealous poking of your ear in response to a twinge!). When I came to Thailand I found it to be extremely expensive - about 800 baht from memory. My local clinic guy (charges 100 baht and speaks good English and this is ruralish Isaan!) recommended a Thai made ear drop antibi - S.M. Oto. 70 baht works well for me - I keep a new one in my first aid bag and pop a few drops in if I feel a twinge. I usually don't need more than a a few dosings to kill off the bacteria. Unfortunately it's only available in larger pharmacies and even some of them dont stock it.

On 5/4/2016 at 10:12 PM, SantiSuk said:

My local clinic guy (charges 100 baht and speaks good English and this is ruralish Isaan!) recommended a Thai made ear drop antibi - S.M. Oto. 70 baht works well for me - I keep a new one in my first aid bag and pop a few drops in if I feel a twinge. I usually don't need more than a a few dosings to kill off the bacteria. Unfortunately it's only available in larger pharmacies and even some of them dont stock it.

I agree! I have tested many different ear drops during my 19 years in Thailand and S.M.OTO is by far the best one for ear ache. It works fast and always.