Many parents are not aware that the wax has an important function!
All ear produces earwax and there is an important reason why it is so.
- Ear wax is very different, some have much and some little. Right from birth, we were cut so that we can deal with it. In children, it is soft and fine and will be transported out of the cilia, says the doctor Marit Hermansen for Mammasidan.se.
As a rule, the ear wax out of your ears like small flakes as it is created again, with the help of tiny cilia that we have in the ears. The wax creates no hassle - against the ear wax is an important function.
Earwax contains many substances that protects the ear canal from infections. You should therefore
avoid removing too much ear wax, because it increases the risk of inflammation.
Earwax should not in itself give trouble and there is no obstacle to either flight or bath.
Do not use the Tops
If ear wax does not provide hearing loss or irritation of the ear canal, my advice is usually to let it be, says Mads H. Moxness, ear nose and throat doctor.
- Do not use swabs or other cotton-sticks, because in this case inserting a part of the ear wax further into the ear canal where it is not normally created earwax, and where there are mechanisms in the ear canal itself carry out the wax.
One can instead gently wash away the ear wax that has come out completely to the outer ear with a cloth.