A few nights ago, I was on Day 4 or 5 of using my neti pot to help my sinuses. I prepared the mix, inserted the tip of the pot in my right nostril, tilted my head forward, and started to pour. As the water flowed out my left nostril, I felt pain in my left ear. The neti pot instructions indicate that, if your Eustachian tube is too wide, water will enter it, and you should discontinue use of the neti pot. I think this is what happened. I immediately got clogged up in that ear and felt a great deal of discomfort. Luckily, I was getting ready for bed and didn't have long to suffer while awake; however, the couple times I awoke and moved around during the night, I was immedaitely aware that there was something wrong with my hearing on the left side. The pain was gone, but I still felt a lot of pressure. Some time the next morning, my ear popped and the episode was over. I haven't used the neti pot since.
Almost a week later now, and I'm sure completely unrelated, it feels like something has crawled into my left ear canal and bitten the tissue. It's probably a blackhead. *sigh*
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