Only because of a "slippery hand", Ms. Wu, who lives in Huangpi, "regrets for life". While pulling out her half-year-old baby's ear, she accidentally punctured her child's eardrum. For a year, she fell into deep self-blame. Because the child's infection and pus are impervious after the perforation of the eardrum, it does not heal, resulting in chronic otitis media, resulting in hearing damage. Looking at these clinically painful cases, Duan Chuanxin, director and chief physician of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Chief Physician of Hubei Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital, appealed to put down your ear scoop, and the ear is not something you want to take out.
Ear is not a bad thing
Ear pulling out is mainly ear, and we often say that ear is cerumen.
The cerumen glands in the skin of the cartilage of the external auditory canal secrete a viscous fluid, and the scabs formed after the secretions dry out are called cerumens, which is what is called "ear feces" and "earwax" in daily life. A small amount of cerumen protects the skin of the external auditory canal and prevents dust and foreign matter from entering the inner auditory canal.
In fact, ear droppings are of great use. After the ear feces is generated, it attaches to the skin surface of the external ear canal, which can not only lubricate the skin of the external ear canal, but also protect the external ear canal and eardrum from fungus, dust, small bugs, water and other damage. Under normal circumstances, due to the movement of cilia in the external auditory canal, coupled with the movements of eating and talking, the ear feces can be discharged by itself.
Although children's external auditory canals are narrower than those of adults, as they age, most children's ear droppings will fall out on their own.
Parents plucking their babies' ears are prone to accidental injuries
Many parents see that the child's ear is a little ear feces, they think about having to take it out, but some parents have poor "skills", bad eyes, coupled with children's non-cooperation, a lack of attention will damage the child's external ear canal, and finally can only find an ear, nose and throat doctor to "clean up the aftermath".
The accidental injuries caused by parents pulling out the ears of the baby are mainly poking the external auditory canal, perforation of the eardrum and fungal infection of the external auditory canal.
A poke in the external auditory canal can cause the external auditory canal to be congested and the ear pain is obvious. In case of puncture of the tympanic membrane and perforation of the tympanic membrane, it may directly lead to hearing loss, perforation cannot heal, chronic purulent otitis media, etc. In addition, if the ear-plucking instruments such as ear scoops are not clean, it may also lead to inflammation of the external ear canal. Cerumen has a certain bacteriostatic effect, the ear is too clean but promotes the multiplication of fungi and bacteria, may cause some special infections in the external auditory canal.
Ask a professional doctor to help your child clean his ear canal
When a large amount of ear feces accumulates, or due to ear diseases, deformities, and narrowness, the discharge of ear feces is restricted, and the ear feces are scabed into clumps, which will cause blockage of the external auditory canal and cerumen embolism. Although there are no obvious symptoms, ear feces compress the external auditory canal for a long time, which may lead to inflammation of the external auditory canal. And after the ear feces is blocked, the child may have ear pain, ear swelling, hearing loss, etc., and a small number of dry coughs.
Cerumen embolism generally cannot be pulled out by itself, and it is necessary to find a doctor to use professional instruments to help pull it out.
In addition, some children who need special tests such as hearing and eardrum must first clean the ear feces blocking the outer ear canal and front of the eardrum to ensure the accuracy of the test results. This should also be handled by a professional doctor.
Duan Chuanxin especially suggests that these conditions should be cleaned in the hospital regularly: oil ear; external auditory canal or maxillofacial development deformities, such as children with narrow external auditory canal, easy to form cerumen embolism; there are chronic diseases in the ear, such as chronic purulent otitis media, eczema of the external auditory canal, and cholesteatoma of the external auditory canal.
When parents find that the baby always scratches the ear with his hand or shakes his head, as if the ear is itchy, he can carefully check the baby's ear and surrounding skin for scratches or mosquito bites, and check whether there is a foreign body in the ear canal or ear feces that has not been cleaned for a long time.
If there is redness, swelling, blisters or exudations in the ear, it may be caused by eczema of the external ear canal, otitis media and other diseases, and you should go to the ENT department in time to find a doctor. Parents should also pay attention to helping children clean their ears after bathing and swimming, and do not lie flat when drinking milk and drinking water to avoid liquids entering the ears. (All-media reporter Hu Man correspondent Huang Jieying)
Source: Hubei Daily