Is oily ears really a disease, and what should I pay attention to when cleaning my ears?

Yes, when we clean our ears, we should be careful not to let the cotton ball fall into the ear, or pick the ear spoon too hard and pull the inside of the ear.

This condition is not a disease, mainly because each person has a different constitution, resulting in different characteristics of cerumen secretions in the external auditory canal, which is not a cause for concern, and there is no need for special drug treatment. If the discharge is too much, you can go to the hospital regularly to clean up, usually you can take a cotton swab to wipe gently, if it is more viscous, you can also use 3% sodium bicarbonate, also called cerumen water to soak, or use 3% hydrogen peroxide to clean, after soaking soft, you can also take a cotton swab to gently wipe. For the hard lump of the knot may not be very easy to clean, if it is easy to damage the ear canal or periosteal, it is recommended to go to the hospital to let the doctor prescribe cerumen water to soak for 2-3 days, and then clean up in the hospital after soaking.

It must be noted that the diet must be light, and then avoid eating raw and cold food, and you must pay attention to keeping warm, and you must avoid cleaning with cotton swabs at ordinary times.

Earwax, whose medical name is cerurumen, is secreted by the cerumen gland in the external auditory canal. Usually people's cerumen is dry and yellowish crumbs or flakes, but there are still some people, the cerumen gland excretes a dark yellow or brown-yellow oily viscous substance, which has accumulated in the external ear canal before drying, and some even flow out of the ear, or condense into a clump, which is called "oily ear".

Some people say that "oily ears" are curable, and some people say that "oily ears" have better anti-infection functions, but in fact, whether it is dry or oily earwax, it is a normal physiological phenomenon, and it is medically called dry cerumen and oily cerurumen.

"Oily ears" are related to genetic and other factors, and generally do not need to be treated, do not infect others, and do not need **. The occurrence of "oily ears" is related to race and ethnicity, and there are articles that count that Ezo accounts for 100%, and whites and Caucasians account for 90%. The Mongols are 20%, the Japanese are below 20%, and the incidence of Han nationality in China is the lowest, at 5%-7%.

Earwax has the functions of sterilization, inhibition of fungal growth, protection of the external auditory canal**, adhesion of dust and insects, and prevention of direct invasion of the eardrum by foreign bodies. Whether it is dry molded ears or "oily ears", if there are no uncomfortable symptoms, it is not recommended to pluck the ears by yourself, because under normal circumstances, cerumen will be excreted by itself with the movement of the jaw joint. For those particularly hard cerumen, we can use ear drops that soften earwax to soak for 3 days before cleaning up.

For those who have strong cerumen secretion or obstructed discharge, it is recommended to go to the hospital regularly to clean up. Wen Wensong.

1. Pay attention to keep the ear clean and prevent tympanic membrane trauma, those who have not healed or old perforations should not swim, and avoid sewage entering the ear when bathing and swimming.

2. Do not pick your ears and nose hard, and do not use excessive force when blowing your nose.

3. Pay attention to the prevention and timely inflammation of the organs around the eustachian tube, such as rhinitis, nasopharyngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, etc., to avoid the spread of bacteria in these parts to the eustachian tube.