Tips about cleaning of ears from otolaryngologist Silva Rozenberga

Date added: 23 01 2015

Just do not use cotton stick! How to clean your ears?


"I heard that, it is strictly forbidden to clean the ears with cotton sticks. Is this true? How then can I do it?"
"Ears cannot be cleaned by the cotton sticks because it promotes the formation of cerumen. Sometimes people joke that we – ENTs - have an agreement with Chinese companies, that they produce plenty of sticks for cleaning the ears - then we will always have a lot of patients, because everyone will come to wash away the cerumen," says MFD Outpatient hospital “Pardaugava” the ear-nose-throat doctor Silva Rozenberga.
"The glands that produce earwax are located just in front of the ear canal. Cleaning ear with a cotton stick is pushing earwax deeper, which can form cerumen. It makes harder to stream the sound into the ear and hearing becomes lower. Earwax is necessary because it protects ears from inflammation. In the past, when there were not antiviral drugs, at the beginning of appearing of herpes, people took the earwax from the ear and rubbed it on the affected area. If it was made at the time, herpes could be prevented. In the summer, swimming in dubious places where water quality is unknown, the infections can penetrate in the ears - staphylococci or fungi. If the earwax from the ears is thoroughly cleaned, unprotected skin can become inflamed, and the ear starts to hurt.
The biggest problems are with those who have very narrow ear canals. When bathing or swimming the water drop can get into the ear and earwax swells, and often this is enough for closing the ear canal. Unfortunately, they come to ENT to wash out the cerumen only once or twice a year.
While washing the hair you must keep your head down and make sure that no water drop gets into the ears. After wiping the hair, put the wet towel on the index finger and clean the auricle. This is enough, it is not necessary to get deeper into the ear passage!"


January 14, 2015

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