Plugged-ear guide

Possible earwax and plugged-ear review online in Virginia and West Virginia

This guide is for a plugged or muffled ear that may be simple wax, not sudden hearing loss, severe pain, drainage, major dizziness, a foreign object, or recent ear surgery.

Start online

Start a $59 online review for Earwax.

A blocked ear is not always earwax. Online review can help sort a low-acuity possible wax pattern from symptoms that need an ear examination, hearing test, urgent care, or emergency evaluation.

If treatment is appropriate, your physician can send a non-controlled prescription to your pharmacy and provide portal instructions for the next step.

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Quick facts

You must be physically located in Virginia or West Virginia at the time of request.
Starts at $59
No insurance needed
No app download
Physician review around the clock
Non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy when appropriate
A work or school note can be included when medically appropriate
Response times apply 24/7, every day

Common symptoms

Plugged or full ear
Muffled hearing
Mild ringing or itching
Gradual symptoms without severe pain or drainage

May fit online care

Adults & children 4+ (with a parent or legal guardian)
Symptoms are gradual and mild
No sudden hearing loss
No severe pain, fever, or drainage
No foreign body, recent ear surgery, or major trauma

Look for another care setting

Sudden hearing loss or a major new hearing change
Severe pain, fever, pus, blood, or clear drainage
Severe dizziness, trouble walking, facial weakness, or a severe new headache
A foreign object/button battery or recent ear surgery/trauma

What to have ready

Which ear is affected
When the blockage began and whether it was sudden
Any pain, drainage, fever, dizziness, or hearing loss
Any ear surgery, tubes, eardrum hole, trauma, or objects placed in the ear

What happens next

Standard

$59

Within 6 hours

Priority

$99

Within 3 hours

Rush

$149

Within 1 hour

Start the request on the website, answer a few questions to check that this visit fits you, and choose how fast you want an answer (the response window). If your concern still fits this service, a physician reviews it and sends you a secure update after you sign in. When appropriate, non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy, and a basic work or school note can be included at physician discretion.

Your physician

Every visit is personally reviewed by Ankur Fadia, MD. He is board-certified, has extra training in heart care (a cardiology fellowship), and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, a medical honor society. He is licensed in Virginia and West Virginia, and your care is never handed off to someone else.

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Can a plugged ear be reviewed online?

Sometimes. A gradual, mild plugged or muffled feeling without pain, fever, drainage, sudden hearing loss, or major dizziness may fit an initial online assessment.

Should I use a cotton swab?

No. Cotton swabs and other objects can injure the canal or push wax deeper. Follow only the physician's documented ear-care plan.

When should I seek urgent care?

Sudden hearing loss, severe pain, drainage, severe dizziness, trouble walking, facial weakness, a foreign object or button battery, or recent ear surgery/trauma needs an urgent in-person ear examination.

Other conditions we treat

Not quite what you have? Here are other conditions we treat.

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