We often see some patients complaining of ear itching, ear pain or just ear discomfort in outpatient clinics, and some of them are related to their incorrect ear habits. 1. Don’t dig your ears often: frequent digging will damage the local skin and surface accessory components of the external ear canal, affect the normal outward discharge of cerumen, reduce the defense function of the external ear canal skin, and lead to infection of the external ear canal, forming otitis externa, external ear canal boils, eczema, mycotic infections, etc. Due to the thin fat layer under the skin of the ear, these diseases often lead to severe pain, redness, swelling and itching in the ear, in addition to cerumen outward discharge obstacle, cerumen accumulation In addition, if water enters the external ear canal later, it will expand and compress the local skin and tympanic membrane, leading to pain, tinnitus, ear congestion and hearing loss. In severe cases, frequent ear digging can cause papilloma in the external ear canal. 2. Keep the outer ear canal dry and avoid water as much as possible. Especially in summer, excessive moisture and heat can make the cuticle of the outer ear canal skin swell, thus blocking the hair follicle, inhibiting normal cerumen secretion and weakening the killing power and resistance to bacteria. Pay particular attention in the case of otitis media and tympanic membrane perforation, and avoid swimming, etc. 3, correct nose blowing: especially with the cold to pay special attention. It is often seen that people blow their nose by squeezing both nostrils at the same time, which is not right, because our ears are connected to the nasopharynx by a tube, and the simultaneous pressure on the two noses will inevitably lead to backflow of snot, which can easily enter the middle ear through this tube and lead to secretory otitis media, especially in children, who often cannot sleep in the middle of the night due to ear pain when on duty, and often have a history of cold when asked about their medical history. The correct posture for blowing the nose is as follows: first press one side and then change the other. 4, plain must quit the bad habit of picking feet, after cutting toenails, hands with scissors must be washed with soapy water, after washing shoes and socks, underwear must be scrubbed with soapy water hands, shoes and socks, feet cloth often shine in the sun. In order to avoid ear digging with unclean fingers, resulting in fungal infections in the external ear canal and ear itching, you can press the ear screen several times if your ears are itchy, which usually solves the problem, if not, you can use boric acid alcohol ear drops. 5, in addition to the matters that should be noted when doing airplanes, in general, there will not be much problem during the ascent of the plane, but during the descent, there are often complaints of severe pain in the ear, discomfort in the ear, examination of the tympanic membrane can be seen congestion, can be accompanied by obvious entrapment, and even petechiae and middle ear fluid exudation, containing bubbles, etc., more serious cases will occur tympanic membrane rupture, then you can hear the sound of explosions in the ear, severe pain, hearing loss, vertigo, nausea, tinnitus and so on. In more severe cases, the tympanic membrane may rupture, which may result in a ruptured ear, severe pain, hearing loss, vertigo, nausea and tinnitus. The main reason is that the eustachian tube is occluded during the descent of the plane, and the pressure in the middle ear is significantly less than the pressure outside the eardrum, so you should not sleep during the descent of the plane, and you should repeatedly swallow, yawn, drink, eat, chew gum, etc., or pinch your nose and cheek. 6, diet taboos: suffering from ear disease, diet avoid high sugar, high fat, greasy food, avoid fried food, less alcohol, less chili, fried, etc., less carbonated drinks, etc. Eczema patients pay attention to avoid seafood allergy-prone food. Eat more cool vegetables and fruits such as loofah, celery, bitter melon, rutabaga, etc. Avoid eating fishy seafood, rooster, goose meat, carp, etc., in case of otitis externa, otitis media, external ear canal boils, etc., and take appropriate amount of vitamins, such as vitamin C, in general.