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My left ear is blocked. There is no pain,  irritation or tinnitus. It's been about ten days since this problem started and hasn't gone till now. I tried cleaning my ears with buds but that is not helping. I have clearwax drops with me. Can I use it for this purpose?
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Hi The symptoms mentioned by you suggest that you must be having wax in your ear . This needs to be cleaned by an ent specialist only because you cleaning it can cause mote damage.so let the specialist do the job. Regards
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