What to do if your toddler’s earwax is clogged and hard?

Earwax blocked in the ear of young children is very hard, belongs to cerumen embolism, should consult a doctor in time, in accordance with the doctor’s advice can be first into the ear of young children drop sodium bicarbonate ear drops, after using 3 days cerumen will be softened. Parents should bring their children to the Pentaclinic Department of the hospital, where the doctor will flush out the cerumen with warm saline, or a suction device can be used to suck out the cerumen until the ear canal is clean. Earwax is clinically known as cerumen, which is a yellowish viscous secretion secreted by the ceruminous glands of the cartilaginous part of the external auditory canal, which protects the skin of the external auditory canal and adheres to foreign objects. Parents should pay attention to avoid running shampoo or dirty water into the ear in daily life, so as not to increase the size of the cerumen when it encounters water, which will compress the external ear canal and lead to pain, tinnitus and other symptoms. If a young child develops cerumen impaction, it often manifests as hearing loss, slow response, earache, headache and other symptoms, at this time, you can go to the hospital, after a clear diagnosis, targeted standardized medication and treatment.