The elderly should pay attention to ear health care, how to protect the ears of the elderly?

How to protect hearing in older adults.

1. Try to avoid noise damage to hearing. If the elderly are exposed to noises such as roaring machines, noisy vehicles, and human voices for a long time, their hearing is easily fatigued, and the capillaries of the inner ear are in a state of spasm, so that the blood supply to the inner ear is insufficient, and hearing will deteriorate rapidly, and even noise-induced deafness will occur. 2. Don't pluck your ears.

When the ear canal is itchy and unbearable, soak a cotton swab in a little alcohol or glycerin, gently wipe the ear canal or go to the hospital to see an otolaryngologist**.

3. Be cautious and avoid ototoxic drugs. The elderly have more diseases, often use antibiotics, such as streptomycin, gentamicin, kanamycin, etc., at the same time, the elderly have poor detoxification and excretion function, and excessive use of these drugs is more likely to cause ear poisoning and damage to hearing.

4. Massage frequently. During the massage, you can take the pampong acupoint (the depression behind the earlobe) and the listening acupoint (the front depression of the earlobe is symmetrical with the pampong acupoint between the ear) once in the morning and evening, 5-10 minutes each time, and the long-term persistence can be effective.

How can seniors protect their ears?

1. Avoid noise.

If the elderly are exposed to various noises such as roaring machines, noisy vehicles, and human voices for a long time, the hearing sense of the log that begins to decline is more likely to be fatigued, which causes the capillaries of the inner ear to be in a state of spasm, reducing the blood supply to the inner ear, reducing hearing loss, and even causing noise deafness. Therefore, avoiding or reducing noise interference as much as possible is the first thing for the elderly to protect their hearing.

2. Use drugs with caution.

The use of ototoxic drugs, such as gentamicin, streptomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, etc., should be avoided as much as possible, because the elderly have low detoxification and excretion function, and the application of these drugs is easy to cause ototoxicity and damage hearing.

3. Ring the wheel is trapped and digging.

Frequent use of ear spoons and matchsticks to pick the ear canal is easy to bruise, cause infection, inflammation, and may also damage the eardrum. When the ear canal is itchy and uncomfortable, you can use a cotton swab dipped in a little alcohol or twenty oil to gently wipe the ear canal, or you can take vitamins Tongnian B, C and cod liver oil.

4. Replenish the kidneys.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys open to the ears, and the decline of hearing is closely related to kidney deficiency. Therefore, the elderly should take more drugs to tonify the kidney, such as Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Jinyin Kidney Qi Pill, Guiling Pill, walnut porridge, sesame porridge, peanut porridge, pig kidney porridge, etc., which are quite beneficial to protect hearing.

5. Massage often.

Massaging the wind points in the front and back of the earlobe (in the depression between the ear lobe and the high bone behind the ear) and the hearing point (in the depression in the anterior and lower part of the tragus, the posterior edge of the lower articular process) can increase blood circulation in the inner ear and protect hearing. It is advisable to massage once a day in the morning and evening, 5 to 10 minutes each time, and it can be effective if you stick to it for a long time.

6. Extinguish the liver fire.

If the elderly are often in a state of irritability and irritation, it will cause the autonomic nerves in the body to lose their normal regulatory function, resulting in ischemia, edema and auditory neurotrophic disorders in the inner ear organs, which may lead to hearing loss or fulminant deafness. Therefore, the elderly should try to keep themselves in a relaxed and happy good mood.

Dodge the noise. If the elderly are exposed to various noises such as the roar of slippery machines, the noise of vehicles, and the noise of people for a long time, the hearing sense of the log that begins to decline will be more likely to fatigue, which will cause the fine rubber vessels in the inner ear to be in a state of spasm, reduce the blood supply to the inner ear, reduce hearing sharply, and even cause noise deafness. Therefore, avoiding or reducing noise interference as much as possible is the first thing for the elderly to protect their hearing.

Yes, eat a light diet. You can do health exercises and stay away from noise pollution.

(1) Hearing screening and physical examination once a year. management of chronic diseases (diabetes, nephropathy, cervical spondylosis, etc.); (2) Reducing risk factors: noise exposure; ototoxic drug use; (3) Necessary auditory and speech exercises, etc.