Sulfate plugs in the ears of children are often enough. What kind of mother does not remember the manipulation immediately after the birth of the child in the hospital, when the nurses briskly wriggled the cotton turundas and actively cleaned the ears of the newborn. Returning home, out of habit, having learned about sticks with limiters that are supposedly safe, we again and again remove yellowish formations. But, what is the most paradoxical, the more often and without cause to disturb the ear canals, the more active the development of ear secret will begin and sulfur fuses will form. Especially if you try to penetrate all the same stick as deeply as possible.
In fact, do not interfere without reason in the natural process. In the first days of a child's life, when there is an adaptation to a new environment and cleansing the body of a long stay in the womb of the mother, the cleaning action is reasonable. At least because they are conducted by qualified people and minimize the risk of trouble. Then - enough to look after the ears externally, without special, long and time-consuming procedures. Even with the goal of prevention.
In healthy ears, a self-cleaning mechanism is provided that works when sucking, chewing, talking, coughing, swallowing. Thanks to the joint located next to the front wall of the external auditory canal, a purification process is under way. But its results - a viscous, yellowish-green fatty mass, which accumulates in the auditory shell, needs to be cleaned. And for hygiene, and for aesthetics, and for the health of the delicate skin of the ears.
As for the sulfur, which many of us take for a foreign body, dirty clusters and the cause of hearing loss, various inflammations, it does not harm health in such a way. Sulfur is a product of production of sebaceous and sulfuric glands, mixed with microorganisms on the surface of the skin and changing color depending on the effects of oxygen and moisture. It is designed to protect the ear canal from damage and inflammation. So do not scrub it carefully.
Doctors also warn that the independent cleaning of the ears of children from sulfur plugs only aggravates the existing diseases and even provokes their development in an absolutely healthy state. What can not be seen is enough to imagine: the ear regions are connected by a thin isthmus, therefore independent purification only pushes sulfuric masses to the eardrums. As a result of the purification, the pressing gradually proceeds until the appearance of sulfuric plugs.
By the way, the fact of the presence of sulfur plugs in the ears of children and methods of removal is confirmed only by a doctor with a thorough examination. Do not risk, because because of improper cleaning, you can damage your ear canal, tympanic membrane and a chain of auditory ossicles. Then a long treatment will be required to restore the hearing and relieve painful dizziness.
Know that sulfur fuses in the ears arise not only because of the cleansing. Their education in children and adults is affected by the predisposition to increased sulfur formation, narrowness of the auditory canal, skin inflammation, foreign bodies, dust particles accumulated when in contaminated sites. In these cases, and only in the conditions of the medical institution, the stoppers will be removed, and recommendations will be given to eliminate the unpleasant sensations and itching inside the ear. If members of your family have a tendency to increased sulfur formation, then the office of the otolaryngologist needs to be visited once in six months. Also, frequent otitis of varying degrees should be alerted, which do not lend themselves to definitive treatment and only exhaust the children's body.
Mom's help
Remember, ear hygiene should only consist in removing visible secretions after taking a bath. Ask the child when he wipes his head with a clean corner of the towel and wipe the ear. If the discharge is stuck, then for a few minutes, with a cotton bud, treat the ear with vaseline oil and gently clean it. Also, at first, monitor the ingress of water into the ear canal after a home bath, a natural water basin or an indoor pool. Everyone knows how to shake their head and jump alternately on their feet will allow the excess water to flow out.
Be attentive to games with small objects that very often penetrate into the ear. Let the children know that you need to protect your ears and not carry out dangerous experiments. Otherwise painful pains, sleepless nights and manipulations in the doctor's office will not take long. Do not risk!
If you notice a stopper in the ear of the baby and it seems that it's easy to grab the edge and easily get it, then this is a big mistake. First, it may not completely disappear. This will give an impetus to the formation of a new, hard-to-remove plug. Secondly, with self-removal, the child can involuntarily twist, spin, cry, which will become a complete surprise at a critical moment and lead to serious injury. Thirdly, instillation of boric acid, hydrogen peroxide, vegetable oil for softening and any other drops without an exact diagnosis are contraindicated.
Therefore, immediately consult a doctor and make a decision together. Before the trip to the clinic you can alleviate the pain and discomfort of the child. Try to clean your ear with a warm water bottle. To do this, put the baby on the heating pad with a problem ear for 15 - 20 minutes. During this time the sebaceous formations will soften and emerge independently. Their remains from the outside should be removed with sterile cotton wool soaked in an antiseptic. This method is effective against fresh sulfur plugs. If sulfur is in the passage for more than two weeks and has managed to compress, mix with foreign particles, then only medical intervention and further observation will be necessary.
Ear tips
• Cleaning is allowed only with inflammation of the ears and before instillation of medicines. To do this, you can moisten the flagellum from sterile cotton wool in a solution of hydrogen peroxide and clean the passage from dead skin cells, dust, hair, pus until the cotton wool becomes clean.
• You can not clean or eliminate the itching inside the ear with an unsterile cotton swab, a regular match, a pin, an invisible, a manicure tweezers, a toothpick and other caustic objects that will cause injury.
• The use of recently popular phytochemicals to remove sulfur plugs and prevent their formation is rational only after consulting a doctor. This is an additional measure for general cleansing after frequent illnesses, purulent otitis, a long pawning of medications, with ENT diseases and the need for warming up (sinusitis, tonsillitis, adenoids).
Fight with sulfur fuses in the ears of children need to competently. Do not underestimate the danger of damage to the inner ear by inept actions. If you want to help your child - see a doctor. A qualified specialist will do this correctly, and at the same time he will examine the ears for other diseases. Be healthy!