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I itched my ears, picked up ear spoons, cotton swabs, and even spent a lot of money to pick my ears.
It's itchy, but you can't get anything? Is the ear canal even oily?
How do you pick out these ears? It's obviously very itchy, but I can't take out anything, so why should I pay attention?
Can the ear canal be removed?
Ear digging spoons, even ear digging cotton swabs, no matter how bad there is also an ear digging artifact, in short, in order to make the ears smooth, the products launched are diverse.
Itchy ears, blocked ears, naturally because there is something blocked in the ear canal, but some people are blunt, I obviously have an itchy ear canal, but I can't take out anything, and some people even feel that the ear canal is oily.
Why?
In fact, if you take out earwax but you can't take out anything, five problems should not be underestimated.
The first problem is a minor problem, which can be caused by the fact that the ear itself is exposed to air, impurities in the air, or hair every day, and after falling into the external ear canal, it will cause itching.
And the second is to consider whether there are allergies, some people have problems such as swelling and congestion of the ears after exposure to allergens.
In addition to these two, external ear eczema may also occur, such as mental factors, metabolic disorders, etc., so that patients will have ear itching but unable to pull out, and the most common is to wear headphones for a long time every day.
There is also the intriguing form of otitis, which is an infectious inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues of the ear canal caused by a foreign bacterial infection.
The disadvantages caused by inflammation that should appear on the ear cannot be ignored, and it can be said that it is a serious category of ear diseases.
The other is otitis media. However, otitis media is directly related to ear picking, such as deep position, improper force, frequent ear picking, etc., which will cause otitis media.
Then the question also comes, can I dig out the itchy ear canal?
Even if you can't, you can't control it after all, the ear canal is not that you can't dig it, but how to dig it, and what's going on with the oily ear canal?
In fact, when the ears feel itchy, in addition to the appearance of earwax in the ear, some people can't take out the earwax, but they will feel the fingers sticky, which is clinically called "oily cerurum", which is often called "thin earwax".
Whereas, earwax is clinically called cerurum.
Watching earwax in the ear canal is intuitively itchy, but in fact it is not necessary to clean it frequently, just because the ear itself has a self-cleaning effect.
First of all, it has a lot of antibacterial proteins, which can prevent the adhesion of bacteria and thus prevent bacterial infection of the external auditory canal.
In addition, it keeps the external auditory canal at a certain temperature and humidity, lubricates and protects the external auditory canal, thereby preventing the tympanic membrane from drying out.
It can even stick to dust and foreign objects at the entrance to the ear canal, and its own special smell can prevent flying insects or reptiles from entering the ear canal.
This is also the reason why there is earwax in the ear canal, and it is not recommended to pluck the ear. And earwax will excrete itself when we talk or even yawn.
Of course, this is a formed earwax, for the "obviously itchy but can't be pulled out" thin earwax if you wait for the earwax to fall off by itself, it will naturally take some more time, and even because the thin earwax texture is sticky and not easy to drain, it may block the ear canal, and even affect hearing or cause tinnitus.
And the reason why most people can't pick out their ears is the same, dilute earwax is difficult to form in the ear canal, and the ear canal is itchy, but they can't pull out anything.
Eventually, as time passed, the ear disease came.
So how to deal with this "oily thin ear wax"?
How to properly pluck your ear canal?
According to relevant medical reports, dilute earwax will also automatically fall off and be excreted from the body with daily chewing, talking and other actions.
Of course, it takes longer than "dry ears", and if you really want to clean up, do not pick the ear spoon or take "ear picking" and other behaviors to pick up.
Use a cotton swab to gently rotate the ear canal, then turn the ear downwards to let the earwax come out on its own, and try not to pick the ear with sharp objects such as fingernails or iron sticks.
And for such as ear cleaning shops, doctors do not recommend, not to mention the equipment of ear cleaning shops, such as often using ear spoons to pick ears, which is easy to hurt the ear canal and even cause infection and inflammation, and in severe cases, it will damage the eardrum.
If the equipment in the ear cleaning shop is not strictly disinfected or is not dried in time after disinfection, it will cause ear fungal infection.
So how do you protect your ears? What about itchy ears?
If you really want to clean it, try to use a mild, soft cotton swab to gently rotate it in the external ear canal, and try to avoid a sharp ear picker.
And whether the earwax is dry or oily, it has a certain protective effect on the ear canal, and when the intuitive ear is stuffy and blocked, seek medical attention in time.
In order to avoid having to go to the hospital for ear treatment, the rational use of headphones is also the key.
Pay attention to the decibel level of the earphones, if you can reduce the friction between the earphones and the ear, the strong sound pressure is all concentrated on the eardrum, which can cause damage to the inner ear and hearing loss.
In addition, it is prudent to use "ototoxic drugs", such as streptomycin, neomycin, etc., especially in the elderly with low detoxification and excretion function, if used, it will cause poisoning and damage hearing.
And in order to take better care of your ears, you can eat more foods that nourish the kidneys, such as black fungus, black sesame, wolfberry, black beans, carrots and other foods containing vitamin A, as well as zinc-rich peanuts, soybeans and so on.
If the ear is itchy, rub the anterior wall of the auditory canal or the posterior wall of the external auditory canal with your fingers to relieve the itching, or use the side head to scratch the back of the ear with your hand, and still use a mild and soft cotton swab to gently enter the ear canal wall.
Ear care can not be paid attention to, the ear canal should not be often opened, headphones should also be worn less, serious care, if you do not pay attention to the hospital and spend a lot of money on treatment, it is not worth it.
Resources:
After an ear pick, white hairs grew in the woman's ears...... Doctor reminds: There is no need to over-clean your ears - Qianjiang Evening News
Hey, are your ears okay? ——Bazhong Daily, CNKI
What exactly is the "oil" in the ear, CNKI
Source: CNKI