Often parents consult me, saying that they always see children digging their ears, and some parents see that there are hard knots in their children's ears, so they help their children use ear scoops or cotton swabs to dig out. Is that habit good or not?
The answer is no, it is particularly easy to accidentally hurt our ear canal, not to mention children, even if they are adults, it is not recommended to often pluck the ears. Because the external auditory canal subcutaneous tissue is very small, so it is particularly easy to damage, once damaged, its defense ability will decline, it is easy to infect, and from the anatomy of the external auditory canal, the external auditory canal is "S" curved, relatively deep, not ventilated, so once infected, it is easy to form fungal otitis externa, bacterial otitis externa.
When inflammation is severe, it can cause an abscess of the external auditory canal, and patients will experience symptoms such as ear swelling, headache, and inflammation exudation. Repeatedly plucking the ears will also stimulate the secretion of sweat pores more, resulting in increased cerumen embolism in the ear feces. If the patient's immunity is weakened, simultaneous exposure to allergens can cause eczema of the external auditory canal, causing local itching. Patients will repeatedly pluck their ears due to itching of the external auditory canal, forming a vicious circle, resulting in skin hyperplasia of the external auditory canal and narrowing of the external auditory canal, which can seriously lead to hearing loss and tinnitus.
Experts from the Department of Otolaryngology of Pingyu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital recommend that the following conditions should be cleaned in the hospital regularly:
1. Oil ear;
2. External auditory canal or maxillofacial development deformity, such as children with narrow external auditory canal, most of their ear feces can not be discharged by themselves, and it is easy to form cerumen embolism;
3. There are chronic diseases in the ear, such as chronic purulent otitis media, eczema of the external auditory canal, cholesteatoma of the external auditory canal, etc.
4. Children due to timidity and fear of pain and other reasons, in the process of plucking the ear is prone to crying, there is a risk of damage to the external ear canal or eardrum, so the external auditory canal irrigation method is more used, softening the cerumen after the ear canal irrigation.
Pingyu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital Entolaryngology Department warm tips: develop good living habits, maintain a healthy and upward state of life. The Department of Otolaryngology of Pingyu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital is committed to creating a healthy life platform for the public, always providing you with meticulous services and escorting your health.