What is ear bath

The health of the ears is extremely important to the human body, because the ears can provide people with hearing, which greatly enhances people's sensory abilities. However, the ears are also a part of the body that is prone to problems. For the health of the ears and the treatment of related diseases, the medical community widely uses ear baths to deal with the problem. Let's take a look at what ear baths are?

For ear bathing, the patient lies on his side with the opening of the external auditory canal facing upwards. The ear drops are dripped into the external auditory canal and are tried to fill the external auditory canal as much as possible. The patient stays in this position for ten minutes, then changes position and pours out the medicine.

Note:

⑴Ear drops are usually in the form of true solutions. If it is a suspension ear drop, it must be shaken well before use.

⑵ When dripping the medicine, you need to pull the auricle to straighten the curved ear canal and drip the medicine into the external auditory canal. Note that the ear shell should be pulled backward and upward for adults, and backward and downward for children.

⑶ When applying the medicine, do not let the mouth of the ear drop bottle or the dropper touch the ear, especially do not let it touch the lesion site or exudate pus, etc., so as not to contaminate the ear drops. Once the ear drops are opened, they must be used up within a certain period of time (1 month). Ear drops that are left for too long will lose potency or deteriorate, which may affect the therapeutic effect or cause infection.

⑹ For those with perforated eardrum, press the tragus with your fingers after dripping the medicine to encourage the medicine to enter the middle ear through the eardrum to enhance the efficacy. At this time, part of the medicine solution can flow into the nasopharynx through the Eustachian tube, and the patient may feel a bitter taste, which is normal.

⑺ In winter, because the temperature of the medicine is too low, it is easy to stimulate the vestibular organ of the inner ear after ear drops, which may cause dizziness, nausea, tingling and other discomforts. The prevention method is to put the ear drops in the underwear pocket for a moment or roll them back and forth in the palm of your hand to warm them before use, but do not heat them with boiling water.

⑻ When several medicinal solutions are used at the same time, they can be applied alternately to the ears at intervals of 1 to 2 hours.

⑼ Long-term use of antibiotics can cause local dysbacteriosis, inhibit bacterial growth, and promote fungal reproduction, such as the appearance of white or black mold clusters (filaments) in the external auditory canal and mastoid cavity, turning the originally non-pathogenic fungi into pathogens, which should be taken seriously. Therefore, antibiotic ear drops should not usually be used for more than 7 days to avoid drug resistance and superinfection.