Do children need to remove earwax? How to clean children's earwax?

Do children need to remove earwax? Today, let's talk about the care of babies. Many parents have the habit of removing earwax, so should they remove earwax for their babies? Let's introduce the baby's earwax problem. Parents who want to know how to care for their baby's ear problems, please read the introduction below.

How to clean children's earwax

The first step is to put 1-2 drops of ear drops into your baby before he goes to sleep. When putting the drops, you should let your baby lie on the bed or hold him on your knees, with his head turned sideways, with the healthy ear at the bottom and the diseased ear at the top. After the drops are put in, let the child maintain this position for 2 minutes to fully dilute the earwax.

The second step is to put an earplug made of a sterilized cotton ball in the baby's diseased ear. Take out the earplug the next day, and the earwax may stick to it and be removed from the ear canal.

If the above methods do not work, then you should go to the hospital to seek help from a doctor. The doctor will wear an otoscope to "reconnoitre" the baby's ears, estimate the amount of earwax and the degree of blockage in the ear canal, and then use a syringe to inject warm water into the baby's ear to flush out the earwax. The whole flushing process may make the baby feel a little uncomfortable, but it will not make the baby feel pain, nor will it hurt the baby's ear canal and eardrum, so it is very safe.

Frequent earwax removal for babies is harmful

The baby's external auditory canal is far from mature, and since it is mostly flat and slit-shaped, it is not easy to operate. In addition, the skin inside the ear is very delicate, and frequent earwax removal can easily cause some adverse consequences: in mild cases, it may injure the skin inside the ear and cause inflammation, boils and sores; in severe cases, it may rupture the eardrum and cause hearing damage to the baby.

Clinicians have also found that frequent earwax removal can cause the skin of the external auditory canal to be irritated and form external auditory canal papilloma. Although it is benign and can be removed surgically, it is easy to recur after removal, and after multiple recurrences, it may turn into cancer, posing a threat to life.

From this, you can understand why you should be "kind" to your baby's earwax. Generally speaking, earwax will fall off and be discharged from the ear canal by itself with the movement of the jaw and other joints as the baby chews, opens his mouth or yawns, so you don't need to worry.

Don't pick your baby's ears

Children's ear canals are narrower than adults', and their skin immunity is more fragile. Improper ear cleaning may even cause external otitis.

In fact, normal earwax will not affect the health of the ears.

First of all, the ear canal has a self-draining and self-cleaning function. Most people's earwax can be discharged by itself, and it will fall out of the ear hole with microorganisms, dust and other debris. The chewing action of eating will also promote the discharge of earwax.

Secondly, repeated ear picking can easily damage the natural barrier of the ear canal skin and even cause ear canal eczema.

Therefore, it is recommended that if you do not have any ear discomfort, try not to pick your ears.

Earwax only needs to be cleaned when it blocks the entire ear canal and causes symptoms such as ear pain and hearing loss. However, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment at this time, and parents should not cause trouble themselves.

Even for adults, it is not recommended to go to the hospital to ask a doctor to help clean your ears when you have no symptoms.