What should I do if my ears hurt from wearing headphones?



Wearing headphones earache, mostly due to wearing headphones for too long, ear skin pressure, otitis externa, or excessive volume stimulation of the tympanic membrane, middle ear, inner ear caused by neuralgia, can be improved by correcting bad habits, physical therapy, medication and so on. Medications must be applied under medical supervision.

1. Correct bad habits: avoid wearing headphones for a long time, usually wear headphones for an hour need to take off the headphones, so that the skin of the ear as well as the auricle to get a rest. At the same time, we should pay attention to the cleanliness of the earphone, so as not to cause local skin infections.

2. Physical therapy: massage the ear skin to improve local blood circulation.

3. medication: if the external auditory canal inflammation, can be applied locally antibiotic ointment, to play the role of anti-inflammatory and swelling, if necessary, can be prescribed by the application of penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics, such as cefuroxime and other drug therapy.

If the earache is caused by headphones that are too loud and worn for too long, stimulating the eardrum, middle ear and inner ear, it is recommended to stop wearing the headphones and apply nutritive nerve medications such as vitamin B1 and methylcobalamin for treatment.

When earache, patients should go to the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the disease, according to the doctor’s diagnosis for treatment.