Earwax is wet

There are many common problems in life, and we need good methods to solve some of them. Among the common problems, diseases are very harmful to human health. When the disease occurs, it must be treated in time, otherwise it will induce various problems in the human body, which will make it more difficult to treat. So why is the earwax wet? Many people don’t understand this.

Many people don’t know why earwax is wet, and when this problem occurs, they don’t know how to solve it. When this problem occurs, it is necessary to have a good understanding of it so that you know how to do the best thing.

Earwax is wet:

It is oily earwax.

The earwax in the human ear is commonly known as "earwax", which is called cerumen in medicine. Earwax is generally light yellow, waxy debris, but there are also oily or relatively hard and large pieces. So, how did the 耵聽 come about?

It turns out that there is a section of skin in the ear hole (the 1/3 cartilage segment outside the external auditory canal) that is different from the skin elsewhere on the body. There is a modified sweat gland called the cerumen gland, whose structure is somewhat similar to the sweat glands of the skin. The skin of the external auditory canal, like the skin elsewhere, also has a sebaceous gland that secretes a special type of oil.

From a physiological point of view, these secretions in the cerumen gland are discharged from time to time through the opening. At first, the secretions just coming out of the cerumen glands look a bit like melted wax. They mix with the oil secreted by the sebaceous glands to form a very thin layer attached to the surface of the skin. These original earwax are mixed with the dust in the ear canal and the fallen skin debris. After drying, they become small pieces of light yellow loose and thin flaky earwax, which accumulate in the ear canal.

Some people have very much secretion from the cerumen and sebaceous glands, and the secretion is a brown, oily and sticky substance that accumulates in the outer part of the eye before it dries. Some even flow out of the ear, and some condense into clumps. These are collectively called soft earwax, commonly known as "oily ears", and medically called oily cerumen. Some people have particularly strong cerumen secretion, and the earwax cannot be discharged. It gradually dries up and gathers into dark brown lumps, which are sometimes as hard as stones and tightly block the external auditory canal. It is commonly known as hard earwax, and is called cerumen embolism in medicine. If you find cerumen blockage, especially when water enters the ear canal and the cerumen swells causing stuffiness, hearing loss or even ear pain, you should consult a specialist. Do not dig it out randomly to avoid causing ear canal inflammation.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the problem of wet earwax, so when there is such a problem, we don’t need to worry too much. If water enters the ear, it must be improved in time, otherwise it will have a great impact on the ear. We must also pay attention to this point so that it will not harm the body.