What s the matter with earwax, how to get earwax out if it s too hard and too deep

Earwax is generally yellowish, wax-like crumbs, but also oily or hard, lumpy. So, how did Javenid come about? It turns out that there is a section of the ear and eye (L 3 cartilage segment outside the external auditory canal) that is different from the ** elsewhere in the body, that is, there is a variant of the sweat gland called the cerumen gland, and its structure is somewhat similar to the sweat gland.

The external auditory canal**, like the rest of the body**, has a sebaceous gland that secretes a type of oil. From a physiological point of view, these secretions in the cerumen gland are expelled from time to time through the opening. At first, the secretions that have just been spit out from the cerumen glands look a bit like melted wax, and they mix with the oil excreted by the sebaceous glands to form a thin layer attached to the surface of the **.

These primitive earwax are mixed with the dust in the ear canal and the debris that fall off, and after drying, they become a small piece of pale yellow loose flake cerumen and accumulate in the ear canal. Some people secrete cerumen glands and sebaceous glands a lot, and the discharge is brownish-yellow, oily viscous substance, which has accumulated in the eyes of the outer tract before drying, and some even flow out of the ear, and some condense into a clump, which is collectively called soft earwax, commonly known as "oily ear", and is called oily cerumen in medicine. There are also some people who have particularly strong cerumen gland secretion; The earwax cannot be discharged again, and gradually dries and gathers into dark brown hard lumps, sometimes hard like stones, tightly blocked in the external ear canal, commonly known as hard earwax, medically called cerumen embolism.

If you find that there is cerumen embolism, especially after the ear canal is flooded, and the cerumen swelling causes ear stuffiness, hearing loss or even earache, you should consult a specialist to deal with it, and do not dig it out indiscriminately, so as not to cause ear canal inflammation.

Frequent water ingress of the ear or otitis media.

Go to the pharmacy to buy some ear drops, you can take out a few drops in the morning and take it out in the afternoon, and then go to the hospital to hang up the otolaryngology department and let the doctor deal with it for you, the ear is very fragile, I hope you don't use cotton swabs or other ways to make the ear inflamed is not good.

It's best to go to the hospital for a check-up, prescribe some potions on the ear, come back and soak a few drops in the morning for a while, and you can take it out in the afternoon, the ear is very fragile, I hope you don't use a cotton swab or other means to make the ear inflamed It's not good. It is best to disinfect the ear picker and then make it, so that it is more hygienic and the ears are not easy to become inflamed. If it really doesn't work, I'll have to ask the doctor to help me take it out.

In this case, do not dig yourself, so as not to damage the eardrum and cause inflammation. You can go to the otolaryngology department of your local hospital. Let the doctor carefully examine it and can help you dig it out.

Suggestion: Hello, in view of the fact that the general earwax can come out on its own without digging, the cerumen is generally pale yellow, wax-like crumbs, and there are also oily or relatively hard, large pieces. There are two types of earwax: "dry" and "wet".

It is very dangerous to dig up earwax for infants and young children, because such a big child will not cooperate, so it is easy to cause damage, which can dig the external auditory canal **, and cause tympanic membrane perforation. In fact, if you don't dig your earwax, your earwax can be discharged on its own. Earwax is formed when the sebaceous secretions of the external auditory canal** dry up, and with the activity of the facial muscles (especially the masticatory muscles), the earwax loosens, falls off and is automatically discharged.

If the earwax is lumped, you need to go to the ENT clinic and the doctor will remove it under the otoscope or drop liquid to soften the earwax.

It's time to go to the hospital, the hospital can handle it.

Don't dig by yourself, go to the hospital, there is special equipment to help you dig out, rest assured.

Cerumen plugging is a common disease of the external auditory canal, and the soft texture can be cleaned directly, and the traditional method for harder ones is to use ear drops to soak and then treat. There are no specific restrictions on ear drops, and in some remote areas, there is a lack of medicines, and even the use of sesame oil as a substitute can solve the problem.

After soaking, cerumen can be cleaned by rinsing or negative pressure suction device, the method of rinsing cerumen is very old, and the principle is the same as washing dishes. The advantage is that it is inexpensive, and the operator does not need special tools and complex training. The disadvantage is that the patient needs to see the doctor at least twice, and if there is a perforation of the tympanic membrane, irrigation will cause middle ear infection, and the cholesteatoma of the external auditory canal cannot be treated.

The use of vacuum suction devices requires otological equipment and the operator has some experience.

Netizen question: A few days ago, my daughter said that she had a pain in her ear, I took a look at her ear and found that there were two large lumps of hard things, the family said that this was a lump in earwax, and I wanted to dig it out, but as soon as I touched it, my daughter shouted pain, what should I do?

Cerumen (commonly known as earwax) is a normal secretion of the cerumen gland in the external auditory canal, and the amount of secretion is generally very smallMost of them can be discharged on their own.

In some people, the external auditory canal is abnormal, such as stenosis, deformity, thickening, epithelial shedding and mixed cerurum, etc., which can cause cerumen to accumulate and form embolism, sometimes as hard as a stone.

**, for smaller cerumen, you can use the cerumen hook to remove it directly.

For larger and hard cerumen, you can first use cerumen water to drop your ears, drop 8 times a day, for two consecutive days, and after it softens, rinse or take it out in the hospital on the 3rd day.

When cerumen is abundant and co-infected, the infection should be controlled first, and the inflammation should be controlled before being removed using the methods mentioned above.

If symptoms do not improve after 2 to 3 days of medication, cerumen should be removed by a doctor in divided doses or under anesthesia.

For children with more cerumen in the external auditory canal, it is recommended that parents do not take it out by themselvesGo to the otolaryngology department of the hospital and have it removed by the doctor to avoid inadvertently damaging the external ear canal or eardrum.

After removal, especially in patients with obvious embolism, it is necessary to go to the hospital for regular examinations, and cerumen should be removed in time to avoid the formation of embolism again.

This article is jointly produced by China Family Doctor Magazine & Popular Science China.

1. Usually earwax is a normal secretion of the external auditory canal, if only a small amount of earwax remains in the ear canal and does not completely block the external auditory canal, it generally does not affect hearing, and can be observed without treatment.

2. If the earwax lump is indeed large and completely blocks the external auditory canal, it will have some impact on hearing and need to be removed. You can first use sodium bicarbonate ear drops to drop the ear, generally 2-3 times a day, 2-3 consecutive drops, can soften the earwax, if the earwax can be dissolved and flow out of the ear canal, it will be fine. If the earwax fingers are withered, you can soften it after the hail is teased by dropping the potion, and if it cannot be discharged on its own, you can go to the hospital to find a doctor to clean the external ear canal and remove the earwax.

You can put relatively clean ear drops, eye drops, or even saline drops into your ears.

If you can't buy sodium bicarbonate ear drops, you can also go to the hospital to buy sodium bicarbonate injection ear drops, and its effect is similar to that of sodium bicarbonate ear drops. When dropping the ear, you can put the ear facing up, soak the 6-10th drop or so in the ear canal for 5-10 minutes, at least three times a day, or multiple times, and then empty the ear drops after soaking.

If you don't have a lot of earwax, it may melt away after a few days of soaking ear drops. However, if there is a lot of earwax, it is not recommended to take it out by yourself, it is recommended to go to the hospital and let the doctor help take out the earwax.

If the edge of the earwax is tightly attached to the ear canal, do not forcibly take it, so as not to damage the ear canal and cause inflammation, you can use phenolic glycerin ear drops or sodium bicarbonate solution to spot the ear first, wait for the harder earwax to become diluted, and then you can take it out or aspirate further.

If the alcohol drops in, it will first make the contents soft, and soon it will evaporate again, and it will become dry and brittle, and it is easy to get the contents out with a movement of the ear. In fact, there is no need to dig earwax, the joints next to the ears often move, and the earwax will come out automatically, so it is better to dig if you feel uncomfortable.

It's hard to say, when I was a child, there was a classmate who had a lot of earwax and asked a doctor to clip it out.