Tinnitus after digging ears

People's ear canals will secrete some substances, which are called earwax. Some people always like to use ear picks to pick their ears when they are free, because people always think that if the ears are not often cleaned, the ear secretions will clog the ears. In fact, the ear secretions can protect the ear canal from external harm. If the secretions increase, they will slide out by themselves. Let’s take a look at what causes tinnitus after ear digging?

Earwax, medically known as earwax, is the secretion of the cerumen glands in the external auditory canal. It has a certain protective effect on the skin of the external auditory canal, but too much earwax will block the external auditory canal and affect hearing. Sometimes it will also irritate the external auditory canal and cause itching.

Therefore, if there is too much earwax, you should take it out. However, if you use improper force when cleaning your ears, it is most likely to cause damage to the external auditory canal, infection and boils, causing ear pain, and in severe cases, hearing loss. Frequent ear cleaning can also cause the stratum corneum of the skin in the external auditory canal to swell, blocking hair follicles, which is conducive to bacterial growth and causes itching in the ear canal and yellow discharge. Long-term chronic congestion of the skin of the external auditory canal can easily stimulate the secretion of the cerumen glands, resulting in more earwax. Frequent ear cleaning can easily stimulate the proliferation of skin squamous cells or basal cells, inducing external auditory canal papilloma. At the same time, it can easily bring fungi into the external auditory canal, causing unbearable itching in the ear canal. If mold grows on the eardrum, hearing loss and tinnitus may occur. The eardrum is a thin membrane about 0.1 mm thick. If you use sharp tools to clean your ears, you may accidentally puncture or even perforate the eardrum, which may cause deafness in severe cases.

1. Generally speaking, you don't need to remove earwax yourself. When we talk or eat, earwax will slowly flow out of our ears. Sometimes people will see earwax in their ears, but in fact it just comes out slowly and falls out when they are not paying attention.

2. Don’t pick your ears every day. Once a week is enough. Some people pick their ears too much, which may cause cancer. There will be a lot of smoke and dust in some construction sites. It is best to clean it up after returning home and do not let dust accumulate in your ears for a long time. Wearing headphones for a long time will damage your ears, so don't turn up the volume too high.