In the human ear there are many glands that secrete sulfur. Earwax has protective functions. It moisturizes the ear canal, cleanses it from dead cells, lubricates it, prevents it from drying out, and protects from the harmful effects of the external environment.
Cork in the ear: symptoms of its presence
In addition to the sulfur glands, sebaceous glands are also in the ear. Sometimes for some reason they begin to intensively produce a secret that mixes with sulfur, water and dust. This forms a plug in the ear. Symptoms confirming its presence are: slight deafness, pain or a feeling of stuffiness in the ear, dizziness, headache, cough. The cork can be seen if you pull the ear and look into its inner part.
Cork in the ears: how to remove sulfur cork?
If the density of the cork is low, you can get rid of it by softening with any vegetable or petroleum jelly. Warm oil, it is necessary to bury the ears twice a day, five drops for 4-5 days. Instead of oil, you can use a solution of soda, hydrogen peroxide or glycerin. Immediately after instillation, the hearing will noticeably worsen, since the sulfur plugs will swell, but over time, self-cleaning of the ear may occur, they themselves will disappear. Five days later, when the cork became soft, you need to instill a sore ear with one of these solutions and plug it with cotton wool. In this case, it is necessary to drip in a prone position with a sick ear up. Ear at this time you need to pull back behind the upper part of the auricle so that the ear canal straightened. Then, using a 200 ml syringe, wash the cork from the ear with warm water and drip it with boron alcohol. You can also get rid of sulfuric cork by warming it up: lie down on a heating pad or a bottle of warm water, the sulfur softens and spills out of the ear. Wash sulfur can also help some solvents: Auro or Debrone, Murein and Drons, which dissolve it. Remove the sulfuric plug from the ear, if it is firm and dense, only a doctor can with the help of washing with the use of special tools. It is very dangerous to try to remove the cork yourself!
Causes of cork in the ear
Improper care can lead to a plug in the ear, the symptoms of which suggest its presence. You can not remove sulfur in the ear, penetrating deep into it, since it is possible to injure the hearing aid and move the sulfur to the eardrum, where it is condensed, and from where it is impossible to pull it out at home. The use of a hearing aid, excess hair in the external auditory canal, high density of earwax, dust and water entering the auditory canal, etc. can lead to the formation of sulfur plugs. Do not often pick your ears with a cotton swab. It is enough to clean them no more than three times a month, moreover, not deeply. It is enough to remove sulfur with a finger with a clean bandage wrapped around it.
Ear canal self-cleaning
The skin of the hearing aid, like the nails on the arms and legs, is constantly growing, and the movement of their growth is directed from the eardrum to the outside. Therefore, they can self-clean, and after four months everything that is unnecessary will be released from there: a foreign body or a cork in the ear. Symptoms of their exit - the resumption of hearing and the disappearance of pain and congestion. The movements of some facial joints during conversation, coughing, and chewing contribute to self-cleaning of the hearing aid. Even if a foreign body enters the ear, due to the remarkable natural protective properties of the skin of the ear canal, it can be independently pushed out, only this will take about four months.