During the summer time, especially when doing a lot of diving in the sea, lake, or swimming pool, water remains in the ears, which often, finding some accumulation of earwax, could promote the formation of some obstruction in the duct that gives that sensation of muffled hearing of voices and sounds, or even opening and closing of the ears.
In some circumstances it becomes an annoying condition that isolates and irritates the person affected by the problem. The problem is excess earwax left inside. How to remove it?
It must be said that The cerumen, that yellowish, oily substance consisting of sebum and dead skin cells, has a protective function for the well-being of the ear, as it acts as a barrier to defend the ear from foreign bodies such as insects, dust, dirt, helps to maintain a healthy internal environment by preventing itching and infection.
Caution should be exercised if one intends to clean the inside of the ear, avoid introducing cotton swabs or sharp instruments that could injure the eardrum or delicate internal bone structures and then fail to remove the accumulated earwax, also risking compacting it and pushing it further in.
Earwax, just as it is produced by the dermis so it is expelled spontaneously, when as a result of chewing it goes to peel off, dry and come out in small pieces like wax, leaving the ear canal clean.
If you feel that you have earwax that needs to be removed, you can try to solve it with drops of mineral oil that can be found in pharmacies, which should be introduced inside with the task of disrupting the accumulation of earwax by making it dissolve. But if this intervention is ineffective, perhaps the earwax has become particularly dry and compact, little oily, perhaps also hardened by the presence of ear hair residue acting as a plug in the duct, better then to contact the doctor, who will be able to remove the obstruction with appropriate tools, such as water syringes capable of crushing and removing the earwax with a stream of warm water, then cleaning up any debris in the duct.
In some cases, such as in the presence of eczema, it is particularly advisable to rely on a physician for careful removal of earwax deposits to avoid damage caused by careless personal interventions.
