Why and how does water get trapped in your ear and why is it sometimes difficult to get the water out?
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The tubes in your ears are very tiny and covered in hair and a waxy substance. When water get in there, one way to get to evaporate is to take a blow dryer on low and blow it across your ear, not into it while tipping the affected ear to the floor. The warm air will warm the wax and evaporate the water. Also swallow while doing this, the throat and ear canals are close anatomically. As others have said don’t use cotton swabs in the ear canal proper, people do swear they’ve been doing their whole lives, yes; but it’s not healthy, any ENT will tell you it’s a bad idea. Ear infections and damaged tympanic membranes (ear drums) are very painful and can screw up your balance and ability to walk normally.
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