How should we clean the ear wax?
Most people have self cleansing ears with no tendency to wax accumulation. They could do without bothering about the ear.
For others, it would be a good idea to do 2 things
1. Once in a week or in a fortnight, use oil to soften the formed wax and aid spontaneous migration. This could be any clean oil with no sediment. Refined Coconut oil is often used. Strictly avoid putting any sediment like garlic pieces which is a common traditional practice.
2. Avoid using ear buds. Buds can be used only very superficially and that too after coating the bud with an antisceptic ointment which will lubricate the dry bud. Ear buds can often push the wax inside and impact or jam it inside.
Wax once impacted needs to be cleaned by a qualified ENT Specialist who would disimpact it and syringe it with warm water.
2 special notes of caution:
1. AVOID Using Hydrogen peroxide in the ear. This is a common practise especially among quacks. The bubbles and froth it produces gives a "false" impression of the wax being cleaned. It can perforate through a thin ear-drum.
2. AVOID splashing water in the ear in an attempt to clean the wax. Nature is producing it's own oil. Trust it. Ear remaining wet can often promote fungus growth in the ear.
Most people have self cleansing ears with no tendency to wax accumulation. They could do without bothering about the ear.
For others, it would be a good idea to do 2 things
1. Once in a week or in a fortnight, use oil to soften the formed wax and aid spontaneous migration. This could be any clean oil with no sediment. Refined Coconut oil is often used. Strictly avoid putting any sediment like garlic pieces which is a common traditional practice.
2. Avoid using ear buds. Buds can be used only very superficially and that too after coating the bud with an antisceptic ointment which will lubricate the dry bud. Ear buds can often push the wax inside and impact or jam it inside.
Wax once impacted needs to be cleaned by a qualified ENT Specialist who would disimpact it and syringe it with warm water.
2 special notes of caution:
1. AVOID Using Hydrogen peroxide in the ear. This is a common practise especially among quacks. The bubbles and froth it produces gives a "false" impression of the wax being cleaned. It can perforate through a thin ear-drum.
2. AVOID splashing water in the ear in an attempt to clean the wax. Nature is producing it's own oil. Trust it. Ear remaining wet can often promote fungus growth in the ear.