General Ear-Care

General care:

• Outer ear can be wiped with a wash cloth or soft towel.
• If water goes in after head shower or swimming mere dabbing with towel with head turned to side, cleans water.
• You can use ready made preparation of alcohol based to dry the ear if you are sure that you don't have ear infection.
• Do not put anything in the ear, remember it is not only for pins; it is for ear buds and q-tips as well, believed to be safe and made for ear-cleaning( even most intellectual people think so).
• Ear is not a cooking-range, does not require oil, garlic and so on.

Ear-wax:

• Ear wax is not a disease, rather a protective secretion which comes out by it's own where it can be wiped out.
• Excess wax causing obstruction is to be removed by your clinician.

Air-travelling:

• During ascent and descent while air-travelling, swallow frequently to keep Eustachian tube open, infant can be put to bottle feeding.
• Avoid air-travel during cold/sinusitis, but if not avoidable use nasal/oral decongestant before ascent and decent.

Cold/sinusitis/Eustachian tube and ear:

• Do not blow nose forcefully during cold, it forces secretion towards middle ear via Eustachian-tube.
• Take care of upper respiratory tract infection/sinusitis to reduce risk of ear infection.
• During infant feeding , keep his head high to avoid milk/fluid entering middle ear via Eustachian tube as infants have short and horizontal tube.

Noise and ear:

• Turn down volume of MP3 player/television.
• While working in noisy area, rock concerts wear ear protection devices.

Visit your doctor:

• If you have excess itching, pain,blocked ear, ringing in the ear, drainage from ear, dizziness, uncontrolled URI/sinusitis, visit a doctor.