What to do if children's earwax becomes hard lumps

Earwax is usually in powder form and is easier to remove. However, if the sweat glands in the ears are well developed, earwax will form into hard lumps, which are not only difficult to remove, but will also have a great impact on our health. When a child develops hard lumps of earwax, choosing a solution is very important. So, what should we do if children’s earwax becomes hard lumps? Let’s take a look below.

Step 1: Sodium bicarbonate ear drops before going to bed. How to deal with hard lumps of baby's earwax? Before the baby goes to bed, give him 1-2 drops of ear drops. While the drops are being applied, you should have your baby lie in bed or hold him on your lap with his head turned sideways with the healthy ear at the bottom and the diseased ear at the top. After the medicine is dripped in, let the child maintain this position for 2 minutes to allow the earwax to be fully diluted and melted, and then it can be slowly taken out.

Step 2: Use a cotton swab to gently rotate it in the external auditory canal. What should you do if your baby's earwax becomes hard lumps? If the earwax is near the external auditory canal, parents can simply deal with it, but do not clean the earwax inside the ear. Parents can use a cotton swab to gently rotate the external auditory canal for a circle, tilting the ear opening downward to facilitate the discharge of earwax.

Step 3: Stuff sterilized cotton balls into baby's ears. How to deal with baby's earwax that has become hard lumps? Stuff an earplug made of sterilized cotton balls into the baby's diseased ears. Remove the earplugs the next day. Earwax may stick to them and be removed from the ear canal.

What should I do if I go to the hospital to remove the baby's earwax that has become a hard lump? Finally, if the above method is not applicable, you can go to the hospital's ENT department for diagnosis and treatment to remove it. Usually pay attention to keeping your baby's external auditory canal dry to avoid earwax blockage and local infection.

Warm reminder: It is best not to clean the baby's ears. Some parents see that there is a lot of earwax in the baby's ears, so they use cotton swabs, ear spoons, hairpins, etc. to clean the baby's ears. Experts remind parents that this is not advisable. Doing so can easily damage the skin of the external auditory canal, causing inflammation or boils in the baby's external auditory canal; frequent stimulation of the skin of the external auditory canal will cause blood stasis, which will increase the secretion of earwax; if the ears are dug too deep, the baby will not cooperate, struggle or stimulate the external auditory canal to trigger a coughing reflex, which will injure the eardrum and cause inflammation or damage. Parents, please avoid using sharp objects such as hairpins, matchsticks, nails, and iron sticks to pick ears.