What should I do if I have a lump in my ear?

If a lump appears on the ear, it may be lymphadenopathy or other inflammatory diseases, so the patient needs to be examined in time to find out the cause and then receive treatment. If there is a lump in the ear and it is accompanied by pain, the patient must not try to dig it out by himself easily, as this may cause damage to the inflamed area. It is better to receive targeted treatment.

There is a hard lump in the ear

Generally speaking, nothing will grow inside the ear, so if you find a hard lump inside the ear, you should pay attention to it. A hard lump inside the ear may be caused by swollen lymph nodes, or it may be other inflammatory symptoms, so you must go to the hospital for examination in time.

The growth of hard lumps in the ears may also be because the body's secretions have not fallen out of the body in time. If the foreign matter accumulates for too long, it will gradually become very hard. This is what is medically called ear stones. If there are no special symptoms, it is not a problem, but if it affects your hearing, it is best to go to the hospital for ear washing.

Precautions

If a hard lump appears inside the ear, do not ignore it and go to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible. Because if it is serious, it may affect your hearing in the future, so you must take it seriously. In addition, when it comes to your ears, you must pay attention to keeping them clean, and don't use headphones all the time, as this can cause great harm to your ears.

What to do if your ears hurt

If you have ear pain, most of the causes are otitis media. What should you do?

To treat otitis media, it can be cured by conservative and standardized treatment. You can use hydrogen peroxide for cleaning, take amoxicillin capsules, levofloxacin hydrochloride tablets and other treatments appropriately, or see a Chinese medicine doctor and use medicine such as Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, Huanglian Shangqing Pills, Longdan Xiegan Pills according to the syndrome differentiation, drink plenty of water, eat a light diet, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and also pay attention to the following daily precautions.

1. Try not to pick your ears

Do not use dirty, sharp objects to dig your ears to avoid infection and inflammation. The distance from the opening of the external auditory canal to the eardrum of an adult is only 3.5 cm. When using a cotton swab to clean earwax, the part that extends into the external auditory canal should be between 2.5 and 3 cm to avoid puncturing the eardrum. In addition, do not go to massage parlors or beauty salons for ear cleaning. First, there is no guarantee that the instruments are sterilized, and second, non-professionals may injure the eardrum.

2. Prevent colds

Especially during the peak cold season, otitis media is often caused by colds, and Eustachian tube obstruction can cause infiltrative otitis media.

3. Try not to let water enter the external auditory canal

When swimming or washing your hair or taking a bath, if water enters your ears, wipe it off immediately with a cotton swab to keep the external auditory canal clean and dry.