Baby's earwax is wet

In life, many of us parents don't like to observe our children's ears. In fact, children's ears are prone to problems. Children are still young and are frequently exposed to bad things. In particular, some children always have wet ears during their growth. Many of our parents don't care much about such symptoms. In fact, there are many reasons for this phenomenon, and if it is serious, it needs timely treatment. So let's take a look at what is going on with children's wet ears:

The secretions produced by otitis media can make the ear canal moist, but it is rare for secretions to flow out of both ears at the same time. Before the discharge, the baby will have some fever, and some babies will not be able to sleep well at night due to the pain.

Babies born with soft earwax will not have soft earwax on just one side.

Soft earwax may be caused by different secretions of the sebaceous glands in the external auditory canal. It is common in babies with fair complexion and soft skin. It is not a disease. Earwax is very soft and sometimes flows to the outside of the ear. At this time, you can carefully plug the ear hole with cotton wool. Don't use sharp objects to clean your ears. If you are not careful, you may injure your ears and cause otitis externa.

For people with soft earwax, it will not become hard as they grow older, but the secretion will decrease.

In addition, such babies will not necessarily develop underarm odor when they grow up.

Earwax treatment for infants and young children

Qiu Yaodong pointed out that children's external auditory canals are narrower than those of adults. In addition, the residual vernix caseosa and bath water accidentally flow into the ear canal and soak the earwax. Parents will worry about the bad smell in their baby's ears. He suggested that you can use a clean cotton swab to absorb the moisture in the external auditory canal, and then use the cotton swab dipped in 70% diluted alcohol to dry and sterilize it. If the condition does not improve in 1 or 2 days, or there is secretion flowing out of the ear canal, you need to see a doctor for a detailed examination of the ear canal and eardrum.

However, Qiu Yaodong said that the earwax of infants and young children does not need to be cleaned deliberately. It only needs to be cleaned in order to check the eardrum when there is an upper respiratory tract infection, or when the child keeps pulling his ears and slapping his head and is suspected of having an ear disease.

One of the major symptoms of otitis media is pus discharge: if yellow, white or bloody fluid is discharged from the ear, then your baby definitely has otitis media.

Take your baby to the hospital as soon as possible, otherwise it will easily develop into chronic otitis media, which will be very troublesome in the future.

Oh, then it may not be otitis media, it should be the wet earwax mentioned above.

Infants with otitis media usually have symptoms of fever. In addition to yellow discharge, the child will also cry frequently. The baby will keep shaking his head, crying, scratching his ears with his hands, and there will be a bad smell in his ears. In severe cases, fluid may drain from the ear.

Be sure to pay attention. After the above answers, we know the reason why the child's ears are wet, and after knowing the reason, we must also do relevant treatment. But be sure to pay attention. If the child's symptoms still have no good effect after the above improvement methods, then you must take the child to the hospital for treatment in time. If it is otitis media, timely anti-inflammatory treatment is also required for treatment.