For each of us, ears are one of the most important, vital and, no matter how strange it may seem, irreplaceable sensory organs. Thanks to them, from childhood we begin to hear the voice of a mother who speaks affectionately to us and reads fairy tales; get acquainted with the music - classical, modern; We communicate with friends or colleagues.
Therefore, for those who have independently become acquainted with the horror of earache, such impressions will remain for a long time. It can be so unbearable that the sufferer rushes to the hospital, without waiting for the advice of home.
We hear - we do not hear
A completely different situation unfolds when suddenly, on tiptoe, deafness crept up. It seems that not everything is as bad as it might seem at first glance: due to the fact that the stuffiness of the ears without pain began, the quality of hearing decreases, but precisely because of the absence of pain, everything that happens is ignored for a rather long time.
And yet, any approaching stuffy ears without pain can deliver a lot of strange and unpleasant sensations. No need to panic and hysteria. To begin with, you should try to figure out the reasons that led to the fact that it simply blocked the ear.
In order not to waste nerves and time going to the doctor, a self-medication is often used in a method that uses a large enough number of people to eliminate stuffy ears without pain. It is not contraindicated. And yet, in order for the effectiveness of the chosen treatment option to reach 100%, it should be clarified what preceded the appearance of deafness.
Our ears, ears
Mother Nature has identified a sufficient number of reasons that lead to the beginning of stuffy ears without pain. Specialists subdivide them into factors of a natural and physiological nature.
Natural, that is, physical, reasons include:
- liquid in the ear cavity during swimming or diving;
- pressure drops (in airplanes, elevators, on attractions).
Water in the ears
It is quite possible to cope with such difficulties at home. In the first case, in order to extract unnecessary fluid from the ear, it is enough to just jump on one leg (if water has penetrated the right ear, then on the right leg and vice versa). If the desired result is not achieved, you can use warming up: lie on the heating pad from the side of the stuffed ear (the ear should be on the heating pad) for a quarter of an hour, no more.
Up down
If the ears are stuffed after the plane, what to do in such a situation? Those who soared in the air on snow-white liners clearly remember that at the moment when the iron bird soars upward or, on the contrary, decreases, it strongly puts ears. The same feelings appear after trips in elevators or walks in the mountains. Not everyone likes it, but so conceived by Nature herself. There is nothing wrong with this situation. Having spent only a couple of minutes, you can return everything to its place. It is only necessary to open your mouth and independently massage the area between the ear cartilage and the temple. Or you can just swallow a little or just yawn deeper. Such actions distribute pressure and relieve congestion. So, if you have laid your ears after the plane, what to do, you will not ask anymore, this question will no longer be so acute.
Physiological factors of ear congestion
Unfortunately, much more serious situations arise. It happens that at times it blocks the ear, as a consequence of the common cold, which is accompanied by a runny nose. Mucus from the nose enters the ear canal and contributes to the onset of the inflammatory process. As a result, hearing loss. In this case, experts do not recommend taking any actions on their own. It is more correct to make an appointment with an otolaryngologist who can perform a routine examination, but may also prescribe special functional tests.
Based on what was the root cause of the sudden occurrence of hearing loss or even complete deafness, the doctor will be able to professionally select the necessary option for all possible methods of cure.
Human ears are quite fragile organs. If assistance is not provided on time or to an insufficient degree, the complications can be very serious and the treatment lengthy.
Our enemies are sulfur plugs
In cases where the ear is periodically blocked, but there is no pain, the person is not cold, does not ride in the elevator, does not fly on the plane, does not climb the mountains, then, most likely, the hearing is reduced due to the presence of sulfur plugs. And they can occur if the auditory meatus is narrow from birth or the “master” improperly cares for his ears. The ear glands will secrete sulfur, which can build up in your ears, lowering your hearing.
You can “fight” traffic jams without resorting to the services of doctors, and at home. One way is to drop a few drops of hydrogen peroxide into the affected ear. The second home method is to take a hot shower, before dropping two or three drops of warm oil or glycerin into your ear. The cork is very easy to get using regular cotton. But you need to do this carefully.
Learning to Mark
There are times when an ear lays when blowing. This is not scary. Most likely, the reason for this is the same sulfur plugs. Most likely, in the ear canal fossil sulfur moved. An ENT doctor will wash them with a syringe with plain water. If you don’t want to go to the hospital, you can drop Otipax into your ear and rinse your nose. In general, one even needs to sniff out oneself: one nostril “works”, the other is clamped with a finger.
Ear pressure and stuffiness
While in flight on a snow-white liner, passengers usually lay their ears. What reasons contribute to this? At what pressure does it block ears? All this is due to the difference in pressure. During the flight on iron birds there is a fairly sharp decrease in atmospheric pressure, that is, external. And the pressure in the ears does not have time to adapt to this. As a result of this, a feeling of congestion arises.
And it doesn’t really matter at what pressure it puts ears. The main thing to remember is the medical advice on performing swallowing movements quickly.
After all, the ear, as mentioned above, is an organ quite complex and neatly organized. The eardrum, which “hides” the middle ear from the external passage, plays the role of barofunction. A certain balance is maintained on both sides of the membrane, due to which the most convenient sound conductivity for humans is achieved. With a decrease in atmospheric pressure, air passes from the middle ear to the nasopharynx. With increasing pressure, everything goes the other way around.
When the violation of barofunction occurs, the resistance of the membrane to injuries is significantly reduced, which leads to hearing impairment.
Ear charger
If there is only stuffiness in the ears, without pain, doctors can recommend gymnastics for the ears, thanks to which the feeling of stuffiness will go away very quickly.
First you need to extend the lower jaw about five times. Then you need to make circular movements with the lower jaw.
Only do all this very carefully so as not to earn a dislocation.
If congestion in the ears runs in parallel with an increase in temperature, then all procedures performed with the ears must be carried out very carefully and accurately. The advice of ENT doctors in this case: as soon as the patient begins to have an increase in body temperature, any manipulations warming the ears are prohibited.
There is no reason for concern if ears are rarely laid, but if it is part of the system, it would be wise to pay a visit to a specialist, because the root cause may be hidden in a state of health.
So that difficult health situations do not concern readers, you should know and remember: quite often self-medication is the beginning of various kinds of complications. Therefore, with stuffy ear, it will be extremely reasonable to turn to health workers in time for help.
Thanks to such an exclusive instrument as our ears, it is possible to enjoy the open world of various sounds. Therefore, our main task is to carefully take care of their good location so that the hearing organs are in good condition and in good condition.