Seven-month-old babies with earwax blocking their ears need to go to the ear, nose and throat department of the hospital and be treated by a doctor.
Babies have earwax, which is a normal ear canal secretion called ear cerumen. Under normal circumstances, ear cerumen can be discharged from the ear canal along with the child’s chewing and crying.
If the earwax completely blocks the ear, it may affect the baby’s hearing, you need to take the baby to the hospital, let the professional otolaryngologist to remove the earwax, the coagulation is serious, you can use the sodium bicarbonate solution to spot the ear, soften and then warm saline rinse discharged.
It is not recommended to remove earwax at home, as it is easy to damage the ear canal and tympanic membrane, or even cause otitis externa, which will affect the child’s normal hearing.
Pay attention to keeping the area around the ear canal clean and avoid milk flowing into the ear canal when breastfeeding. If the ear canal is completely blocked, take your child to the hospital in time.