What to do if the cotton swab head falls into the ear

When cleaning your ears, if the cotton swab accidentally falls into your ear, it will seriously affect the health of the ear, cause the ear canal to feel blocked, and affect hearing. At this time, you should go to the hospital for examination in time and remove the cotton swab through medical treatment. You cannot treat it yourself at home. Improper handling may damage the ear canal and seriously affect your hearing. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

What to do if the cotton swab head falls into the ear

If the head of a cotton swab enters the ear, it will cause a feeling of blockage and pain in the ear, resulting in hearing loss and discomfort in the ear. If water enters the ear, it will swell and cause severe hearing loss. Foreign objects in the ear may cause pressure when sleeping at night, which may make the condition worse.

You should go to the hospital to remove it immediately. The chance of removing it by yourself at home is very small because you may backfire and push the foreign body deeper into the ear, which will make the situation more critical. It will also irritate the eardrum and cause ear pain. The feeling of blockage will increase, bringing inconvenience to normal life. So you must go to the hospital to get it taken out.

What to do if there is foreign matter in baby's ear

1. If the object that enters the ear is easy to grab, such as a small paper ball, sponge, cotton, etc., and is close to the entrance of the external auditory canal, parents can use tweezers, ear picks, etc. to remove the foreign body with the baby's cooperation. If it is something sharp or otherwise difficult to remove, you need to go to the hospital for treatment.

2. If it is a bug that gets into the ear, you can first drop some vegetable oil into the baby's ear, or drop 1 to 2 drops of clean baby oil, salad oil, etc. to fill the ear canal. This will drown the bugs in the ear, and then turn the baby's ears downwards, and the bugs will flow out along with the oil. Then you need to go to the hospital to remove the remains of the insects and carry out necessary cleaning. In addition, parents can also shine light into the ears. Since insects are phototropic, they can use light to lure the insects out by shining a flashlight into the inner opening of the ear.

3. If the baby has eaten beans or something like that, you should let the baby tilt his head to allow the foreign object to fall out due to gravity. Never rinse with water, because the beans will swell when exposed to water and irritate the skin of the external auditory canal, causing inflammation and infection, and sometimes severe pain. If the beans cannot roll out, you need to go to the hospital immediately.