Ways to remove an ear plug at home

03.05.2021

No one likes to visit hospitals and carry out procedures within its walls. There are a lot of ways to remove sulfur plug at home. Everyone will be able to choose a suitable method for themselves and get rid of the disease on their own.

Washing

The problem of how to remove an ear plug at home with a simple method cannot be solved without the use of water and a syringe. It is not recommended to wash the auditory organ on your own, as it can damage the eardrum. For help, it is better to turn to household members.

Safe flushing rules:

Before flushing the sulfur plug, the largest syringe is taken, and the needle is thrown away. The tool must be new. If this was not at hand, then a rubber pear will do. Before the procedure, it must be boiled.
10 minutes before washing, the ear is clogged with a cotton swab. In such conditions, sulfur becomes softer.
During the procedure, the head is positioned so that water can flow freely into the substituted basin or tray. The sore ear should be directed at a slight inclination up and to the side.
The liquid is boiled in advance and cooled to a warm state. The syringe is filled with it.
The introduction of water into the ear canal occurs gradually without sudden movements. To eliminate the possibility of injury to the eardrum, the fluid flow is directed to the back wall of the organ.
If it was not possible to remove the sulfur plug at home by washing with one syringe, then the procedure is repeated up to three times. Old and hard sulfur is difficult to remove. It can be softened by hydrogen peroxide previously dropped into the ear.

After the procedure, the auditory organ is dried to avoid inflammation. An ear stick is not used for this, so as not to infect. It is recommended to insert a cotton swab for a short time or dry the ear with a hair dryer operating at low power.

Attention! Be careful not to blow hot air directly into the ear canal.

A light plasticine-like sulfur plug at home can easily be removed by hydrogen peroxide. Treatment is carried out in the following order:

hydrogen peroxide 3% is taken;
10 drops of the drug are instilled into the ear of a patient lying on his side;
you can not move and get up so that the hydrogen peroxide softens the cork and does not leak out.

Before removing the seal, a clean napkin is placed on the pillow, onto which the composition will drain. In the ear, hydrogen peroxide hisses and foams, which means that the liquid begins to clear the passage. From interaction with the agent, the sulfuric cork loosens and breaks into pieces. They will come out of the ear along with the liquid in about 10 minutes.

At the end of the time, a cotton swab dipped in warm water is taken to clean the edges of the auditory organ from the remnants of the sulfur product. Care must be taken not to compact parts of the remaining substance. At the end, the ear is wiped dry with a paper towel.

Regular rinsing with hydrogen peroxide helps improve hearing and permanently get rid of sulfur plugs at home. The tool disinfects the ear canal, heals wounds and removes germs.

Blowing

You can get rid of the sulfur plug on your own by a mechanical method - blowing. He is approached quite rarely, since not everyone is familiar with the intricacies of the procedure.

The principle of blowing consists in the penetration of a jet of air into the ear through the Eustachian tube. The Eustachian tube is a canal that connects the nasopharynx and the tympanic region. There are more than 10 blowing techniques: the Lowry technique, the Edmonds maneuver, and others.

The simplest method is the Valsalva maneuver. To carry out the blowing, a deep breath is taken, and then an exhalation is made through the nose while pinching the nostrils with the fingers. You can not exhale sharply, as you can damage the inner ear.

Air is forced into the nasopharynx, from where it is sent to the auditory canal. This entails an increase in the gap in the Eustachian tube. Before the procedure, the nasal mucosa is cleaned and disinfected with a saline solution. This will help to avoid the penetration of pathogenic flora into the ear.

Attention! If pain occurs during blowing, then the procedure should be stopped immediately and consult a doctor.

Medications

Pharmacy remedies help solve the problem of how to remove a wax plug from the ear of a small child who cannot sit through long standard procedures. They are also able to help out in cases where the sulfur plug is sufficiently dense and the symptoms do not disappear from exposure to water, hydrogen peroxide and other liquids.

Aqua Maris Oto

An effective nasal remedy that is used to flush the auditory organ and soften plugs. It is absolutely safe, as it is made from sea water. Suitable for children and pregnant women. Use is contraindicated in case of damage to the eardrum and the presence of inflammation in the auditory organ.

The drug has an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect. The active substances are lidocaine and phenazole. Treatment is carried out according to the doctor's prescription, he will indicate the required dosage. Indicated for children from one year old and pregnant and lactating women.

Otipax relieves pain in the ears and stops the production of prostaglandins.

Remo Wax

Gently and gently removes sulfur accumulations and prevents the recurrence of seals. The composition contains penetrants that eliminate dead particles and soften sulfur. Remo-Vax contains moisture-retaining components that push the cork out and moisten the ear canal. It is allowed to periodically use a means to prevent the occurrence of sulfur seals. Contraindications are the presence of pain in the ear and deformation of the eardrum.

Waxol

The product is made entirely of olive oil. It not only removes sulfur plugs at home and protects against new formations, but also softens and moisturizes the ear canal. Treatment is as follows - the drug is instilled once a day for 5 days. One bottle is enough for 200 applications. Not recommended for persons allergic to olive oil and with damage to the eardrum.

A-cerumen

It is allowed to be used by children from the first days of life. Surfactants, which are part of the drug, dissolve sulfur accumulations and bring them to the surface. Drops do not cause irritation and are able to gently clean the ear canal. An excellent tool for preventing the occurrence of sulfur seals.

Folk remedies

Traditional medicine offers a lot of tools on how to remove the sulfur plug. Most of them use simple ingredients that everyone has in the house.

Milk and hemp oil. 100 grams of milk is heated to a tolerable hot state and mixed with two drops of hemp oil. The composition is instilled into the ear with a pipette. The procedure is repeated 2 times a day.
Almond oil. The liquid is heated and instilled in the amount of 10 drops into the ear with a sulfur plug. After that, it is clogged with a cotton swab and left overnight. The procedure is repeated every evening until the cork is completely released.
Camphor oil and garlic. One clove of garlic is crushed and mixed with three drops of oil. A small piece of bandage is taken and smeared with the resulting composition. A tampon is rolled up from it and inserted into the ear. We remove the bandage when there is a burning sensation.
Vegetable oil. A small amount of quality oil is heated. Two drops are instilled into the ear canal and left overnight. Wash your ears in the morning.
Onion and cumin. A medium-sized onion is cut in half. From each half, a little pulp is taken out of the middle. Instead, cumin falls asleep. The halves are stacked together, wrapped in foil and baked in an oven. After cooling, only juice is used. It should be instilled two drops twice a day.
Vodka and onion. Juice is obtained from fresh onions. It is taken 4 parts and mixed with 1 part of vodka. Drips two drops in the morning and evening for five days.
soda and glycerin. 50 ml of ordinary water, a teaspoon of soda and 3 drops of glycerin are heated. 5 drops of the mixture are instilled 4 times a day.
Vegetable oil and soda. First, 5 drops of oil at room temperature are instilled into the ear canal. After 5 minutes, wash the sulfur with a solution of soda.
Ash leaves. Juicy and fresh ash leaves are used to make juice. The resulting liquid is dripped twice a day.

A good addition to any way to deal with ear plugs will be the use of herbal decoctions for washing or douching. Particularly effective: chamomile, St. John's wort and calendula.

Candles

Special candles from the pharmacy help get rid of sulfuric plugs. The tool helps to soften the seal and eliminate the inflammatory process. During the procedure, the inner ear is warmed up and immersed in a vacuum due to the burning of a candle.

To get rid of the sulfur seal, it is necessary to additionally prepare a baby cream, cotton swabs and tampons, matches, a napkin and water. Next, the following actions are performed:

Before getting rid of the plug, the outer ear is massaged with a cream.
The person lies on his side, and the open ear is covered with a napkin with a cutout for the auricle.
The lower edge of the candle is inserted into the ear, and the upper edge is lit with a match.
A small part of the candle should burn out to the mark, after which it is taken out of the ear canal and extinguished with water.
The remnants of the candle are removed from the surface of the organ with a cotton swab.
To keep warm, the ear is covered with a swab for 10 minutes.

The procedure should be carried out on both sides, regardless of whether there is a cork in both ears or only one. Recommendations for the safe use of candles:

the sore ear warms up last;
the procedure is best done before going to bed or after the end you need to lie down for at least 20 minutes;
you can go outside 10-12 hours after warming up;
Do not wash your hair on the day of the procedure.

Candles to remove sulfuric plugs are allowed to be used daily until a positive effect is achieved. If after several procedures the sulfur plug has not been removed, then it is better to visit a doctor. The most common brands are: Reamed, Phytomedicine, Diaz and Doctor Vera.

How to make a candle yourself?

If you don’t want to turn to pharmacy products, then you can make a candle with your own hands:

The base for the wax is being prepared. A cone 50 cm long and 20 and 5 mm in diameter is cut from a dry aspen log.
The beeswax is melted in a water bath.
Cotton fabric is cut into strips five centimeters wide.
One strip is dipped in beeswax and soaked abundantly with it.
The wooden cone is lubricated with vegetable oil.
The impregnated fabric is tightly wound on the workpiece without gaps. If they do arise, then they are covered with a brush, which is first dipped in wax.
After hardening, the candle is removed from the workpiece.

The result is a hollow wax tube, which can be used for the above procedure to remove sulfur plugs.

Sometimes the seal is so dense and is located in close proximity to the eardrum. In such cases, home remedies are ineffective. The sulfur plug is removed only by a specialist.