Flu jab side effects?

Well that was the weird thing, it wasn’t blocked at all, I could hear perfectly well, it was just that sensation when you have a blocked ear and that pressure and sort of whooshing noise. I’ve never had ears blocked with wax, only bad colds, but I know from other sufferers it’s not nice. Anyway mine has gone now thank goodness.

Sorry - posted too soon!! I’ve have blocked ears in August and again this month. I saw a nurse the first time and she recommended olive oil drops which seemed to do the trick. I didn’t want to assume it was just blocked ears in case there was an infection there. She said no infection could be seen (BOTH ears were blocked with wax apparently although I only thought it was one ear). I did get a bit of a wringing in the ears when they were very blocked.

Glad your ear is feeling better, Hooty. I can’t say that i’ve ever had noticed a correlation between the flu jab and a blocked sensation in the ears, although I had my flu jab on 19 September - no sore arm, no feeling slightly under the weather in the days following

Thought I’d give an update. My ear was a bit better the next morning and by bedtime was back to normal. Weird. ?

It's probably just coincidence but you could phone for advice if it gets no better.

I got a sore arm this time which I don't remember before.

Sounds more like ear wax building up! Unlikely to be anything to do with the jab, just a coincidence, but you can always ring 111 to check.