The common causes of wet and sticky ears are oily ears, fungal otitis externa, and eczema of the external auditory canal. Depending on the cause, there is no need to treat oily ear, antifungal treatment for fungal otitis externa, and symptomatic treatment for eczema of the external auditory canal.
1. Oily ear: no treatment needed. In some people, the cerumen secreted by the ceruminous glands of the external auditory canal is oily and somewhat sticky, commonly known as oily ear. It is a normal physiological phenomenon, and no special treatment is needed, as long as the cerumen is cleaned regularly in the hospital to prevent cerumen embolism.
2. Fungal otitis externa: antifungal treatment is needed. Swimming in the ear after the water, did not clean up in time, or a long time systemic application of antibiotics, resulting in bacterial imbalance, the occurrence of fungal otitis externa should go to the hospital, in the otoscopy to clean up the fungal mass, and then apply clotrimazole ointment, oral clotrimazole, if necessary, to carry out systemic antifungal treatment.
3. Eczema of the external auditory canal: symptomatic treatment is needed. Wet ears, a small amount of water, accompanied by itching and flaking symptoms, consider the external auditory canal eczema. If the lesions are dry and not oozing, zinc oxide ointment can be used to apply, and boric acid solution can be used to apply wet compresses if there is a lot of ooze. Infection can be treated with mupirocin ointment.
The symptoms of wet and sticky ears, to seek medical attention to identify the cause of the targeted treatment.