How To Clean Safe Ear Wax

        Caring for ear hygiene is a must. Given the ear function that is so important to our lives. The ears always remove dirt, more precisely ear sap, and that we can not prevent in any way. Left ear that is allowed to dry just mentioned can clog up and make the person concerned to be budek and emit an unpleasant odor. Therefore, we should always keep our ears clean in a safe way.

    Have you cleaned your ears using a cotton bud? Currently, many assumptions about purging the ear using a cotton bud that can actually cause earwax pushed in. In response, dr Darnila Fachruddin SpTHT-KL confirmed that earwax or ear lymph retention, then cleaned by cotton bud will clot and pushed into the ear. If it's like that, how safe is it?

    To clean the ear sludge is actually easy to dry and no need to use certain methods. Dr. Darnila herself suggests as long as there is no complaint which means the ears do not be too often scraped. Because actually the ear / ear wax can come out by itself, without the need to be cleaned too deep. The ear gap that comes out does not much and does not always cover the ear canal. But if it feels itchy or until seen on the ear surface there is ear lymph nodes out, may be cleaned, he said.

    There are also circulating in the public methods of cleaning the ears using water, vinegar, and baby oil. In response, Darnila also gave an opinion, "For water may not be too much, because it raises fears when entering too much water, water can get trapped and cause infections and hearing loss.For vinegar can indeed overcome the fungus. Concentration of about 2%, it is enough to kill the germs and prevent the growth of fungus in the ear Baby oil may also be used, provided controlled and not to go too deep even to injure the ear cavity.

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   Clean the ears well as mentioned above. Do not let the intention of cleaning, even make the earwax more accumulate and clog hearing. And always be careful when using a cotton bud, use as necessary when it feels uncomfortable to the ear. If there are complaints and hearing loss check immediately to the doctor ENT (Ear Nose Throat).

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