How to clean the ears of an infant
In small quantities, earwax protectsorgans of hearing from pathogenic microorganisms, plays the role of natural lubrication. But with a large accumulation of it, inflammatory processes can begin, diseases can also be provoked by improper cleaning of the ears.
Find out how to clean your child's ears without causing harmPhoto: Getty How to clean your ears properly:
For prevention, you can clean your ears.thin gauze tourniquet. If you have a hereditary predisposition to the formation of plugs, you can clean your ears with hydrogen peroxide once a month - fill a pipette with the solution, hold it in your hands for a while, put 1-2 drops in the ear, wait 3-5 minutes. After that, remove all the wax with a damp cotton pad.
How to properly clean your baby's ears: safety rules
You can't clean ears with cotton swabs - pediatricians and ENT specialists constantly say this. Even cotton swabs with limiters are not entirely safe for children's ears. Why you can't use cotton swabs:
- during such purification, sulfur is not removed, but even more is pushed inside - cork is formed;
- you can scratch the tender walls of the ear canal - inflammation will begin;
- The wand may injure the eardrum - the hearing will worsen, long-term treatment will be required.
During the procedure, a cotton swab, gauzethe flagellum should be different for each ear. If water gets into the ear while bathing, you need to lay the child on one side, and after a few minutes turn him over on the other, remove the moisture with a dry soft cloth. If there are any complaints of pain, hearing loss, discharge of pus from the ear canal, you need to show the child to the doctor. You cannot remove earwax yourself - this can cause irreparable harm to the baby's health. Cleaning children's ears is a simple and difficult task at the same time. The hearing organs have the ability to self-clean - any movement of the lower jaw pushes out the sulfur, all that remains is to remove it from the outside. Read more:
