Your ears are still clogged even though you clean them thoroughly of earwax? Are you afraid that you can harm yourself by removing excess earwax with a stick? And do you have to do this at all? It is worth knowing how to properly clean your ears and avoid rinsing the ear by an ENT specialist.
Ears cleansingyou shouldn't sleep on your eyelids, because he althy ears clean themselves and secretions should not be removed.Earwax , or discharge from your ears, is normal. It protects the skin in the ear canal and the eardrum. It can be of different shades - from light honey to brown, and different consistency - sticky, moist or dry. It is a mixture of the secretions of the sebaceous and wax glands and fragments of the exfoliated epidermis lining the ear canal.
How to remove earwax from the ear?
If you have the shameful habit of putting the stick deep in your ear, you are probably removing too much earwax. The body reacts to it with its increased production. This can cause mucus to build up and block your ears.
It happens that instead of removing the secretion, you push it deeper. Plus, by inserting the stick deep into your ear, you risk damaging your skin or eardrum. Proper ear hygiene consists in washing them with soap and water. The sticks are used to clean the auricle only to the mouth of the ear canal.
If an excess earwax plug forms in your ear, you will experience unpleasant symptoms:
- tinnitus
- hearing impairment
- feeling of water in the ear
- earache sometimes
You can try to remove the plug yourself, using paraffin, which is cheap, effective and, additionally, safe because it does not cause allergies. To do this, the paraffin should be heated to a temperature close to the body temperature of 36.6 and a few drops should be dripped into the ear, then let the paraffin drain freely from the ear. Prophylactically, paraffin can be used regularly 1-2 times a week.
You can also use a special spray bought at a pharmacy to remove excess earwax from your ears. When choosing the right product for you, do not follow the advertisement, but reach for the preparation with the recommendations of specialists.
By using the above solutions, you will avoid frequent visits to the ENT doctor for rinsingears.
Rinsing the ear at the ENT specialist
When this does not help, you need to see an ENT specialist who will rinse the ear. 2-3 days before the procedure, it is worth instilling paraffin into the ears, which will soften the wax plug and facilitate its removal.
The treatment consists in introducing lukewarm (about 37 degrees C) water into the ear under low pressure. The procedure itself is painless, you only feel a slight tickling.
Sometimes, when the doctor suspects otitis or perforation of the eardrum, he removes the earwax with a special hook or sucks it out with a mammal. These treatments are also generally not painful.
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