In order to keep the ears clean, many people will clean the ears regularly. If there are more secretions in the ears, it may affect hearing. However, many issues need to be paid attention to when cleaning ears. After all, eardrum is relatively fragile, and once the method is incorrect, it will cause harm.
What are the dangers of regular ear cleaning
1. Regular ear cleaning is less effective in protecting the ears from earwax, and is prone to bacteria and noise, and can also damage the delicate skin of the external ear canal. If the earwax is hard or large when cleaning your ears, it is easy to scratch the skin, and bacteria will take the opportunity to enter the wound and cause infection. Or by scratching back and forth, bacteria are squeezed into the hair follicles and sebaceous ducts, causing inflammation and running water. In severe cases, boils on the external auditory canal canal canal can occur.
2. It is easy to stab the eardrum. If you accidentally clean your ears, there is also the risk of stabbing the eardrum.
What are the benefits of earwax for the ears
1. Earwax can clean the ear canal
Earwax contains "sorbent" which can adhere to dust entering the external ear canal and shedding cells produced by local skin metabolism, playing the role of cleaning the ear canal.
2. Earwax can sterilize
. The scent is bitter and oily, and can drive away small insects flying into the ears and capture invading bacteria. Moreover, earwax is rich in fatty acids, forming an acid film on the skin surface of the ear canal, making the external ear canal in an acidic environment and has a mild bactericidal effect.
3. Earwax can protect the eardrum
1 The eardrum is thin and very delicate. Once it encounters violent sound waves that hit the ear canal, it will damage the eardrum and even cause rupture and deafness. The earwax can protect the eardrum and act as a barrier.
How to clean the ears correctly
1. If you feel itchy on the external ear canal, you can use a cotton swab to dip it in medical alcohol and gently wipe it. This not only relieves itch but also has the effect of disinfecting and preventing infection.
2. It can be seen with a naked eye, and it is not very hard. You can roll it up with a soft tissue and slowly stretch it into your ears and turn it around to turn it out.
3. If the earwax is hard, use a special fine cotton swab to dip it in the sesame oil and gently apply it to the ear canal to soften the earwax, and then gently turn it to take out the earwax.
4. First drop the larger piece of earwax for a few days. Special earwax water (usually order 3 days, 4 to 5 times a day, 3 to 4 drops each time). After the earwax is soaked and crushed, rinse it with normal saline.
