What will happen if the earwax is unclear for a long time?

Earwax will be discharged automatically every once in a while. You can also go to the otolaryngology department for medical treatment. Doctors will clean their ears with the help of special light sources and some instruments, even if they are safe and clean, the cost is not high. You can also ask the doctor to check the situation in your ears.

External auditory canal is normal. There are cerumen glands secreting cerumen, and the weather is hot. Coupled with the exuberant secretion of young people themselves, they can feel the moist ear canal. This is not pathological unless there is too much earwax and the ear canal is blocked and then treated. Some people don't need to remove earwax because the external auditory canal is wide and difficult to accumulate, but some people are prone to accumulate in the external auditory canal because the external auditory canal is narrow or oily, forming earwax and not easy to fall out.

The skin of external auditory canal cartilage has cerumen gland, and its yellowish viscous secretion is called cerumen, commonly known as earwax. After drying in the air, the earwax is flaky; Some are like sticky grease, commonly known as "oily ears". Cerumen has the function of protecting the skin of external auditory canal and adhering foreign bodies. Usually, with the help of chewing, mouth opening and other sports, earwax is discharged by itself. If cerumen gradually condenses into a lump and is blocked in the external auditory canal, it is called cerumen embolism.

There are different symptoms according to the degree and location of cerumen embolism. Incomplete obstruction of external auditory canal is mostly asymptomatic. People with complete occlusion have decreased hearing. If earwax compresses the eardrum, it will lead to dizziness, tinnitus and hearing loss. If cerumen compresses the skin of the posterior wall of the external auditory canal, it can cause reflex cough by stimulating the auricular branch of the vagus nerve; If the water expands, it will cause sudden deafness.

Cause of embolism: 1. Excessive cerumen secretion is caused by otitis externa, eczema, local stimulation caused by working in dusty air and ear digging. 2. Obstruction of cerumen discharge, stenosis of external auditory canal, scar, tumor and foreign body retention can all hinder cerumen discharge.