The water in my ears won't come out

In daily life, water may enter the ears if you are not careful, such as swimming, bathing or washing your hair, which may cause water to enter the ears. This has a great impact on the health of the ears. The water should be removed in time. At this time, you can use the gap method, single jump method and other methods to get the water out. If water enters the ears for a long time, it is likely to cause otitis media.

The water in my ears won't come out.

1. Gap method

Stand on the shore, tilt your head toward the side where the water is, use the leg on that side to support your body, and jump in place several times to allow the water to flow out of your ears. Practice has proved that the effectiveness of this method is 80%-90%.

2. Water diversion method

Tilt your head to the side without water, with the ear with water facing upwards. Ask a companion for help, or pour water into the ear with water so that the ear with water faces downwards. You can also jump a few times and the water will flow out due to gravity. Practice has proved that this method is 100% effective.

3. Single-leg hopping

The affected ear is pointed downward, and the gravity of the water is used to make the water flow downward and out of the external auditory canal.

4. Activity of external auditory canal

You can continuously press the tragus with your palm or pull the auricle with your fingers; or you can repeatedly open your mouth and move the temporomandibular joint. These can make the skin of the external auditory canal move up and down and left and right or change the stability of the water barrier and the pressure, allowing the water to flow out of the external auditory canal.

5. External auditory canal cleaning method

Use a clean, thin cotton swab to gently probe into the external auditory canal and suck out the water once it touches the water barrier.

Precautions

Due to unclean swimming pool or river water, sewage enters the ears and causes infection of the external auditory canal skin and eardrum, or improper handling of water in the ears, such as unclean ear digging, etc., which can often cause the following ear diseases: external otitis, external auditory canal furunculosis, cerumen obstruction, tympanitis, and suppurative otitis media. If the above symptoms occur after water enters the ear, you should temporarily stop swimming and go to the hospital for examination and symptomatic treatment.

How to prevent water from getting into your ears when swimming

First, dip your finger in water and gently poke your ear, so that water will not flow into the ear; or use a soft plug, which will not hurt your ear but will be uncomfortable to wear. But it can effectively prevent water ingress.

It is inevitable that water will enter the ears when swimming. After taking a shower, the swimming pool water remaining in the ears will basically flow away on its own. However, sometimes due to excessive earwax or other reasons, a small amount of dirty water is retained in the ear canal and causes ear inflammation. In order to absorb excess water and kill bacteria and reduce inflammation, you can drip 3-6 drops of medical alcohol into the ear canal after bathing, wait for a while, and let it flow out naturally.