The ear is stuffy but passes when you touch it with your hand may be caused by cerumen impaction, secretory otitis media and other diseases, or adenoid hypertrophy, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and other diseases.
1. Cerumen impaction: The main cause of cerumen impaction is the excessive secretion of cerumen and the obstacle of cerumen discharging, etc. The patient will have the symptoms of itching in the ear canal, stuffy feeling in the ear, hearing loss and tinnitus, etc. If the patient’s cerumen is blocked, the patient will have the symptoms of cerumen impaction. If the ear canal is blocked with cerumen, the patient will experience the phenomenon of ear stuffiness but it will be cleared after touching it with the hand.
2. Secretory otitis media: The cause of secretory otitis media is more complicated, and it is considered to be caused by a variety of factors such as blockage of the Eustachian tube, bacterial infection and other pathogens. The main symptoms of patients are ear pain, hearing loss, occlusion in the ear, tinnitus, etc. When patients have a sense of nasal congestion in the ear, pressing the ear screen can temporarily reduce the discomfort.
3. Other: Adenoid hypertrophy, nasopharyngeal cancer and other diseases can also lead to the Eustachian tube is not fluent, the patient appears to be stuffy ears, but take a hand to touch the phenomenon of pass.
When the patient has the symptom of stuffy ears, he should consult a doctor in time and follow the doctor’s instructions.