What to do if your ears are blocked after a cold

If your ears feel stuffy after a cold, you should actively treat the cold and pay more attention to rest. After the cold symptoms improve, the stuffy feeling in the ears will change.

1. Active anti-cold treatment: Colds are likely caused by viral or bacterial infections. When inflammation stimulates the ear, it may cause a noticeable feeling of blockage and stuffiness in the ear. You should actively take oral anti-cold drugs under the guidance of a doctor, such as azithromycin, erythromycin and Ganmaoling capsules. After the cold improves, the condition will gradually recover.

2. Pay more attention to rest: If your ears feel blocked or stuffy after a cold, it is likely caused by blockage of the Eustachian tube. Generally, the human ears and nose are connected through the Eustachian tube. When you have a runny nose, the pressure in the Eustachian tube will change significantly, and the ears will feel blocked. You should pay more attention to rest and avoid excessive fatigue. At the same time, you should keep yourself warm, prevent catching cold, and keep your ears clean to avoid further aggravation of inflammation in the ears, which may also lead to otitis media.

During the treatment, you need to keep your ears clean and do not use hard objects to dig into the ears to avoid damaging the ear lining tissue.