What to do if water gets into a child's ear

In daily life, many people accidentally let some water enter their ears when taking a shower or getting caught in the rain. If the water in the ears is not cleaned up in time, it will easily cause ear canal diseases and endanger human health. If serious patients are not treated in time, they may have some hearing problems, especially children. Children are more likely to have water enter their ear canals when taking a bath. So what should we do if water enters children's ears? Let’s take a look at it together below.

1. Mommy should pay attention to fix the baby's head to prevent him from shaking his head.

2. Mommy can use a sterilized cotton swab to gently absorb the water in the baby's external auditory canal. Wrong behavior! Be sure not to allow the cotton swab to enter the baby's external auditory canal too deeply. This may injure your baby's eardrum.

What should I do if a small flying insect enters my baby’s ear canal? Now that the weather is getting warmer, babies are doing more outdoor activities. Sometimes small flying insects will fly into their ear canals, making them very uncomfortable. Here are 2 tips for moms to easily solve the problem:

1. Oil drop method: Lie the baby on his side with the ear of the insect facing upwards, then drop a few drops of edible vegetable oil into the baby, which will drive the insect to crawl out.

2. The lighting method is to take the baby into a dark environment, shine a flashlight on the baby to fly into the insect's ear, and use the insect's phototaxis to induce the insect to fly out. Wrong behavior! Use a cotton swab to reach the bugs. This will easily cause the insects to crawl deeper and deeper, making it more difficult to remove them. Mommy, do you know? If the worm still does not come out after the above treatment, take the baby to the hospital as soon as possible to ask the doctor for help.

Remind Mommy! 1. Don’t clean your baby’s ears. Although the baby is small, there will be cerumen (commonly known as earwax) in the ear canal, but mothers should not clean the baby’s ears casually, because the skin of the baby’s external auditory canal is very delicate, and cleaning the ears can easily cause skin damage and infection. Generally speaking, earwax will fall out on its own as the baby feeds. However, if a harder earwax plug is formed, you should go to the hospital and ask a doctor to help remove it. 2. Do not take small objects that your baby has accidentally placed in his ears without permission! Naughty babies sometimes put the beads they are playing with, or the candy beans and peanuts they are eating into their ears. Moms should not handle this on their own. These little things are round and have a relatively smooth surface, making them difficult to take out without the right tools. If not handled properly, the foreign object may penetrate deeper and deeper and even injure the baby's eardrum. The best way is to go to the hospital immediately and ask an otolaryngologist to treat it.

The above article describes in detail what to do if water gets into children's ears. In life, it is difficult to avoid water getting into children's ears. When children take a bath or swim, a small amount of water will enter the ears. If the water is not cleaned up in time, it will cause some serious consequences for the child, which is very harmful to the child. Therefore, we must protect children's ears and try to prevent water from entering their ears.