Cork in the ear: symptoms, ways of removal

In the human ear there are many glands secreting sulfur. Earwax has protective functions. It moisturizes the auditory canal, cleans it from dead cells, lubricates, prevents drying out, and protects from harmful environmental influences.

Cork in the ear: symptoms of its presence

In addition to sulfuric glands, the oil is still in the ear. Sometimes, for some reason, they begin to work hard to create a secret that mixes with sulfur, water and dust. So the cork in the ear is formed. Symptoms that confirm its presence are: a slight deafness, pain or a feeling of stuffiness in the ear, dizziness, headache, cough. The cork can be seen if the ear is pulled back and looked into its inner part.

Cork in the ears: how to remove the sulfur plug?

If the density of the cork is low, you can get rid of it by softening with the help of any vegetable or petrolatum oil. Warm oil should be instilled ears twice a day for five drops over 4-5 days. Instead of oil, you can use a solution of soda, hydrogen peroxide or glycerin. Immediately after instillation, the hearing will deteriorate noticeably, as the sulfur plugs swell, but eventually self-cleaning of the ear may occur, they will disappear. After five days, when the cork has become soft, you need to drip your ear with one of these solutions and plug it with cotton. In this case, it is necessary to drip in the prone position with a sick ear to the top. The ear at this time needs to be pulled back behind the upper part of the auricle so that the ear canal straightens. Then, using a 200 ml syringe, wash the stopper from the ear with warm water and bury it with boric alcohol. To get rid of sulfuric cork it is possible and with the help of warm warming: to lie down on a heating pad or a bottle with warm water, sulfur will soften and itself will flow out of the ear. Wash the sulfur can help, and some solvents: "Auro" or "Deborane", "Murain and Drons", which dissolve it. Remove the sulfur plug from the ear, if it is firm and dense, only the doctor will be able to use the washing with the use of special tools. It is very dangerous to try to remove the cork yourself!

Causes of congestion in the ear

Incorrect care can lead to the appearance of a stopper in the ear, the symptoms of which will suggest its presence. You can not remove sulfur in the ear, penetrating deep into it, as it can injure the hearing aid and promote the sulfur to the eardrum, where it becomes denser, and where it can not already be taken out at home. The formation of sulfur plugs can result in 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. It is not necessary to pick your ears often with a cotton swab. It is sufficient to clean them no more than three times a month, moreover, shallow. It is enough to remove the sulfur with a finger with a clean bandage wrapped around it.

Self-cleaning of the ear canal

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 tympanic membrane to the outside. Therefore they can self-clean, and in four months there will be all the unnecessary things that are 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 the self-cleaning of the hearing aid. If even a foreign body enters the ear, then thanks to the remarkable natural protective properties of the skin of the auditory canal, it can be pushed out on its own, only this will take about four months.