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    lukasallen52709 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 4, 2015, 07:48 PM
    Scaby ear
    Earlier this week the inside of my ear canal started hurting and was getting scabby and when I wake up my inner ear is really itchy but as the week went on its been hurting more and more and I wear ear plugs at work and clean ones every day and it hurt to put them in if tried to moisturize it with baby oil on q tip and tapping it on tender area its right on the In side of ear canal wear ear plugs would sit
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    Sep 4, 2015, 07:52 PM
    I'm going to assume you haven't seen a medical professional. Isn't your hearing important to you? I'd have my ear checked right away.
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    Sep 5, 2015, 02:33 AM
    If ear plugs are needed on the job, your employer should send you to a doctor.
    If by 'clean ones every day' you mean you wash used ones, it sounds like you got an infection from either fungus or bacteria that grew on the damp used ones.
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    Sep 5, 2015, 06:10 AM
    You could also be allergic to the material of which the ear plugs are made of.

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