Whether to use hydrogen peroxide or saline for ear cleaning depends on the cause of the disease. If the disease is inflammatory, such as otitis externa, fungal otitis externa or otitis media, it is recommended to use hydrogen peroxide to clean; if it is only the foreign body of the external auditory canal or cerumen of the external auditory canal, it is enough to use saline to clean.
1. Hydrogen peroxide: it has strong oxidizing property, and also has certain bactericidal effect. For otitis externa, fungal otitis externa or otitis media, it can play a better role in sterilization and cleaning. Of course, hydrogen peroxide also has a certain degree of irritation, if there is a skin breakage, there may be a certain degree of pain. Pay attention to use under the guidance of a doctor.
2. Saline: Saline mainly has a cleaning effect, for the outer ear canal deeper foreign body or cerumen, you can use saline for rinsing, in order to flush out the foreign body.
Therefore, whether to use hydrogen peroxide or saline to wash the ears, we need to take into account the specific cause of the disease and the state of the external auditory canal, and use under the guidance of the doctor.