Everyone who loves to pick his ears will suffer these consequences sooner or later! urge you to show mercy
Are you the one who often digs earwax for pleasure?
The more you pay, the more fun
not only pay for yourself
pay for others
In addition to the sense of achievement after taking out the earwax
Numbness caused by ear canal stimulation
It also makes many people unable to stop
But in the process
there are many risks
If you're not careful, you might be struck by lightning
Like the man below
Just because of sharing ear scoops
infected with HPV
cerumen
Also called ear cerumen
It is mainly composed of external dust
and the epithelial tissue in the external auditory canal that sheds itself
accumulated over a long period of time
Except for itchy, sore, stuffy ears
These two types of earwax are not recommended to be removed frequently
After all, for the human body
they may be "baby"
1. Clean the ear canal, protect the eardrum and hearing
It can adhere to the dust entering the external auditory canal,
exfoliated cells from local skin metabolism
even small insects
prevent them from going deeper
at the same time
It also cushions the impact of sound waves on the eardrum
Protects eardrum and hearing
2. Sterilize and inhibit fungal growth
Earwax contains lysozyme, immunoglobulin, fatty acid, etc.
Forms an acid film on the skin of the ear canal
keep the ear canal in an acidic environment
Thereby, it has mild sterilization,
The effect of inhibiting the growth of fungi
3. Lubricate moisturizing
Earwax "born" at the beginning
are oily
contains lipids
can greatly prevent
Itching in the ear canal due to dryness
keep the ear canal moist
And if you often go to
The external auditory canal will lose the "earwax" barrier
let bacteria invade
Once the wrong method or tool is used
can cause various diseases
1. The cotton swab gets deeper and deeper
Cotton swabs look soft
but if used incorrectly
will push the earwax deeper and deeper
cause earwax to accumulate
Once the backlog is too deep
may compress the tympanic membrane
affect hearing
2. The ear spoon scratches the ear
We have no way of knowing what's inside the ear
Once it's too heavy
Hard-core ear scoops may poke the external ear canal
cause bacterial infection
induced otitis media
In severe cases, it may even puncture the eardrum
affect hearing
3. Ear spoon sharing cross infection
like nail clippers
Ear spoons are most likely to be used as public tools
And in everyone's ear canal
many bacteria
Once the disinfection measures are not in place
bacteria can be transmitted to each other
even infected with infectious diseases
The most common is HPV
This can cause papilloma of the external auditory canal
4. Use a toothpick or other pointed object to pluck your ears
These items are sharper
It is easy to puncture the skin of the external auditory canal during use
Fungal infection of the external ear canal
In severe cases, it may also cause inflammation and watering
Boils of the external auditory canal
5. Frequent earwax removal
Frequent earwax irritating to the skin of the external ear canal
In fact, it will make more and more earwax
Due to the influence of the human body's own mechanism
less earwax
The external auditory canal will think that the cerumen or oil is insufficient
produce more earwax
If the earwax builds up too much
To the point where you have to dig
Uncle, I hope you learn the following methods first
operate again
Oil-ear players look here
Use a soft, moist cotton swab
Rotary wipe of the external ear canal
Greasy earwax can be brought out
Dry ear players look here
Your earwax is very obedient
Accompanying speech, coughing, etc.
fall down obediently
Usually do not need to be cleaned
But if there is too much accumulation, the earwax has hardened
Sesame oil or sodium bicarbonate can be used
perform local immersion
After the earwax softens
take it out
If you can't clean up by yourself
seek medical attention promptly
with the help of a doctor
Perform professional ear cleaning
It is said that in the total
Dry ear accounts for about 95%
Oil ear accounts for about 5%
Which do you belong to?
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