Children with hard earwax in the ear, all blocked, if it does not affect normal life can be left untreated, if it has affected the hearing should be to the ear, nose and throat department for consultation.
Earwax is cerumen, which is secreted by ceruminous glands in the external auditory canal and has the function of protecting the skin of the external auditory canal and adhering to foreign bodies. If the cerumen does not affect your normal life, you do not need to clean it out, and it can be discharged on your own by chewing and opening your mouth.
If the cerumen cannot be discharged on its own and blocks the ear canal, causing symptoms such as abnormal hearing, it is called cerumen embolism, and should be consulted in the hospital. The doctor will observe the cerumen through an otoscope and use specialized instruments such as cerumen hooks or gun-like forceps to remove the cerumen.
If the amount of cerumen is large and hard, or if the child is too uncomfortable to cooperate and cannot remove the cerumen in one go, ear drops can be used to soak the cerumen into the external ear canal for about a week to soften it, after which the cerumen can be extracted with a suction device under direct visualization through an otoscope.
If children have cerumen embolism, parents should not clean up the cerumen by themselves to avoid damage to the ear canal causing infection or tympanic membrane damage, they should go to the ENT department of regular hospitals for consultation and removal of cerumen by specialized physicians.