What Causes Crawling Sensation In Ears?

Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2014

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Mon, 2 Jun 2014 Answered on

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Question : I have a crawling sensation in my left ear. It is always in the same place. There isn't any wax or fine hairs present. It comes and goes through the day.
Any ideas?
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Answered by Dr. Prahlad Duggal (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
keep ear dry & antibiotic antifungal drops

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for the query.

Crawling sensation in ear can be because of wax, fungus, debris, hair, flakes and eczema.

Please get your ears examined by an ENT and if need be cleaned.

If there is some fungal infection, antifungal ear drops helps. Keeping the ears dry helps as also avoiding ear bud use.

A combination of antibiotic, antifungal, lignocain and steroid ear drops usually helps as also ointments/creams with same composition.

Feel free to ask another query.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar