Usually the ear is washed out in the presence in it the foreign subject or cerumen impaction which worsens hearing and brings discomfort to the owner. However to carry out washing in house conditions it is quite unsafe as the wrong implementation of the procedure can lead to injury of the eardrum. That it didn't occur, it is necessary to conform to the rules of ear irrigation.
Instruction
1. Before ear irrigation first of all it is necessary to soften cerumen impaction by means of liquid or vegetable oil which are dug in in the ear after preliminary heating up to 37 wasps. This procedure has to be made for 5 days – 4 drops of warm oil need to be dug in twice in the ear. At the same time cerumen impaction will inflate that will lead to insignificant and temporary deterioration in hearing. It is strictly forbidden to use at the same time Q-tips or matches with cotton wool.
2. If the softened and greased stopper doesn't leave the ear itself or leaves, but not completely, acoustical pass can carefully try to be washed out. For the procedure it is necessary to use water not more warmly and not more hotly than 37 wasps – otherwise, the person can feel at least nausea and dizziness. At perforation of the tympanic membrane, water is replaced with such disinfecting solutions as Furacilinum, Rivanolum or permanganate of potassium.
3. During the procedure for ear irrigation of people has to sit, and near his neck it is necessary to place the convenient tray in which water will pour out. In order that liquid got directly to acoustical pass, it is necessary to delay the auricle a little up and back that pass was as much as possible straightened. For washing in house conditions are usually used the syringe without needle or the syringe which capacity is from 100 to 150 milligrams.
4. The tip of the syringe or syringe is entered into ear pass on only 1 centimeter, but not further. Liquid needs to be directed careful small pushes on the surface of the zadneverkhny wall of the ear canal – at the same time strongly it is strictly forbidden to press on the piston as big pressure can injure the tympanic membrane. The patient when washing can feel unpleasant noise from the air bubbles which are mixing up with water. Upon termination of the procedure the head of the patient should be inclined for free effluence of residues of liquid, and then to carefully dry up acoustical pass by means of wadding sticks. After that it is desirable to visit nevertheless the otolaryngologist who will confirm send-off of cerumen impaction.