What does earwax look like? What is the scientific name of earwax?

There is no scientific basis for going to become dumb.

The Han people also have taboos about earwax (earwax). Thinking that one's earwax (commonly known as "deafness") should not be thrown around, it is not good for one's body to let others step on it. If you swallow your own earwax, you will become dumb or deaf.

In short, although earwax has left the self, it can still have a magical effect on the self, so avoid taboos.

What are earwax made of? In terms of physical properties, earwax wax is usually a pale yellow waxy dry flake substance, bitter in taste, insoluble in water, alcohol or ether; According to chemical analysis, earwax contains oil, stearin, fatty acids, proteins, and yellow pigment, as well as water, and a little chalk, potassium, sodium, and other elements.

Because earwax is rich in oil, it moisturizes the fine hairs on the ear canal**, which block dust particles blown in from the outside. Earwax and fine hairs also protect the ears from insects and other microorganisms. The insects that occasionally break in encounter dense fine hairs and are blocked in their way; The taste of earwax is bitter, and when the insect tastes the bitterness of earwax, it will "know the difficulty and retreat".

In addition, oil-rich earwax keeps the ear canal at a certain temperature and humidity, especially for the eardrum deep in the ear canal, so that the eardrum is always in optimal motion.

Fatty acid-rich earwax forms an acid film on the surface of the ear canal**, which puts the external ear canal in an acidic environment and has a mild bactericidal effect. It has been shown that the chemical components in earwax can inhibit the growth and reproduction of several types of bacteria.

Earwax and fine hairs can not only absorb dust and microorganisms entering the ear canal and keep the ear canal clean, but also make the ear canal cavity slightly narrower, filter and buffer the incoming sound waves, so that the eardrum will not be injured by strong sounds.

It can be seen that normal earwax is not a waste product, and it still has a certain contribution to the protection of hearing organs.

Don't tell me you haven't seen it.

The scientific name of earwax is cerumen.

The scientific name is cerurumen, commonly known as earwax, cerumen is flake after drying in the air; Some cerumen are like sticky oil, commonly known as "oil ears".

The main role is to keep the ear canal clean, prevent the invasion of insects and bacteria, and inhibit fungal growth. Earwax is generally known to be divided into dry and wet.

About purging. The jaw opening and closing movement naturally promotes the removal of earwax. Unless it's a health problem caused by too much earwax, the American Ear, Nose and Throat Association doesn't recommend removing earwax.

However, too much earwax may hinder the propagation of sound in the ear canal, resulting in conductive hearing loss. In addition, about 60%-80% of hearing aid failures are caused by excessive earwax.

The above content refers to Encyclopedia-Cerumen.

There are also many "small factories" in the human ear canal, and doctors have given these "small factories" a name that is difficult to remember, called cerumen glands. These "small factories" are hidden in the ear canal, which can create an oily thing, which can stick the dander that falls off the ear canal ** and the dirt blown into the ear, and after drying, it becomes some small yellow dry pieces, which is what we often call earwax.

The earwax in the eyes of the human ear is commonly known as "earwax", which is called cerumen in medicine, and the cerumen is generally light yellow, wax-like crumbs, and there are also oily or relatively hard and large pieces. 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 a lot of cerumen glands and sebaceous glands, 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, 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 indiscriminately, so as not to cause ear canal inflammation.

Earwax, also known as cerumen, is a yellowish flaky discharge formed by the cerumen gland of the wall of the external auditory canal. Earwax protects the ear canal from inflammation. Regular cleansing is recommended to avoid cerumen embolism, which can cause inflammation of the external auditory canal.

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