What to do if your baby has wax in his ears

The buttery earwax in the baby's ears is also called oily ears. In this case, it should be cleaned in time. Because if there is too much earwax, if it is not cleaned in time, it will become a hard lump, and in severe cases it will block the external auditory canal. If water enters the ear at this time, it may cause inflammation. At this time, the ears should be cleaned. When cleaning, one or two drops of ear drops should be dropped. Do not use an ear spoon. It is best to use an alcohol cotton ball.

How to deal with baby’s earwax ?

Earwax is a substance secreted by the cerumen glands on the skin of the human external auditory canal, which is medically known as "cerumen". Adults can clean earwax with cotton swabs, ear spoons, and long fingernails. The cerumen glands of newborn babies secrete more vigorously, and the external auditory canal is relatively narrow and long, the muscles are relatively loose, and the joints are not strong enough when chewing. Normally, earwax is not easy to be discharged, and a darker, yellowish-brown, very sticky oily substance often forms in the external auditory canal, commonly known as "oily earwax". This is a normal phenomenon. Mothers can use a cotton swab dipped in water to gently wipe the baby's external auditory canal to remove earwax.

If earwax is secreted too much and condenses into hard lumps, it will cause blockage of the external auditory canal. At this time, once water enters the ear, the earwax plug will naturally expand, irritate the skin of the ear canal, and easily cause external ear canal inflammation. In this case, the baby's earwax should be thoroughly cleaned. However, because the baby's ear canal is narrow and the skin is delicate, if the adult cleaning method is used, it is easy to cause damage to the baby's ear canal and eardrum. At the same time, most babies do not accept others making excessive movements on their ears. They will twist their heads around, or simply refuse to cooperate or even cry, which may cause mothers to accidentally injure their baby's eardrums. Therefore, it is best to take your baby to the hospital and ask an ENT doctor for help, and never force your baby to remove earwax at home.

Cleaning your baby's earwax requires two steps

The first step is to give your baby 1-2 drops of ear drops before he goes to bed. 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.

The second step is to put an earplug made of 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.

If the above methods do not work, then you should go to the hospital to seek medical help. The doctor will wear an otoscope to "reconnoiter" the baby's ears, estimate the amount of earwax and the degree of blockage in the ear canal, and then use a syringe to inject warm water into the baby's ears to flush out the earwax. The entire flushing process may make the baby feel a little uncomfortable, but it will not cause pain to the baby, nor will it hurt the baby's ear canal and eardrum. It is very safe.