How to clean up excessive earwax in children

Nowadays, young parents are more concerned about their children's hygiene, because if the baby grows up in a relatively clean environment, the chance of contracting disease will be reduced. Usually parents are reluctant to pick earwax for their babies, because the baby's ear canal is relatively small, it is not easy to see the internal situation, and the baby is easy to move around, and may get hurt if not careful. So how to clean up excessive earwax in young children?

1. How to clean baby's earwax

Mothers can usually use a cotton swab dipped in water to gently wipe the baby's external ear canal to remove earwax. However, if the baby's ears already have a lot of earwax, and the baby is active and uncooperative, it is recommended that the mother take the baby to a local hospital and let the doctor help clean the baby's earwax. Please note that you should try to avoid using an ear pick, as improper use may cause damage to the baby's hearing. There are two steps to clean your baby's earwax:

Step 1: Before your 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.

Step 2: Place an earplug made of a sterilized cotton ball into the baby's diseased ear. Remove the earplugs the next day. Earwax may stick to them and be removed from the ear canal.

2. Is it harmful to frequently clean the baby's earwax?

The baby's external auditory canal is far from mature, and since most of the external auditory canal is flat and slit-shaped, it is not easy to operate. In addition, the skin inside the ear is very delicate, and frequent earwax removal can easily cause some adverse consequences: in mild cases, it may injure the skin inside the ear and cause inflammation, boils and sores; in severe cases, it may rupture the eardrum and cause hearing damage to the baby.

Generally speaking, earwax will fall off by itself and be discharged from the ear canal as the baby chews, opens his mouth or yawns, with the help of the movement of joints such as the jaw, so there is no need to worry too much.

After the above introduction, I believe all mothers know how to deal with their baby’s earwax. I hope it will be of some help to everyone. Because seven-month-old babies are relatively young, there are many things that mothers need to pay attention to. If you don’t know how to solve the problem, the editor recommends going to the hospital to consult a pediatric hospital.