4hw.com.cn: it's a hot summer. It's hard to bear the heat outside. Swimming, as a water sport, is naturally the best choice for summer and exercise. But there are also many little friends in swimming will encounter a problem, that is, the water into the ear! It's hard to get water in your ears. So what should we do if we have water in our ears? Let's take a look at it with Xiaobian~
What should I do if I have water in my ears while swimming
In summer, when many people go swimming, they often encounter water entering their ears. Because the water has a certain tension, the outer ear canal is divided into two sections by forming a barrier after entering the narrow outer ear canal. Because of the gravity effect of water, there is a side pressure between the water barrier and the tympanic membrane, maintaining the balance of the pressure on both sides of the water barrier, making it difficult for the water to flow out automatically. Sometimes there is a big cerumen blockage in the external auditory canal, so water is easier to wrap around the cerumen after entering the ear canal and is not easy to flow out. When water enters the ear, it will be closed, hearing loss, dizziness, and very uncomfortable. Therefore, people are often eager to drain the water. Some people even use unclean clips, matchsticks, small keys and so on to dig out the ears, which can break the water barrier and make the water flow out, but it is also easy to damage the external ear canal and even the tympanic membrane, leading to ear diseases.
Four simple treatment methods are as follows:
1. Monopod jumping: the affected ear moves downward, and the water flows out from the external auditory canal by the gravity of water.
2. Movable external auditory canal method: it can continuously press the ear screen with the palm or pull the auricle with the finger; or repeatedly do the opening action and move the temporomandibular joint, which can make the skin of the external auditory canal move up and down continuously, or change the stability of the water barrier and the stability of the pressure, so that the water flows out of the external auditory canal.
3. External ear canal cleaning method: gently probe into the external ear canal with a clean fine cotton swab, once it contacts the water barrier, it can suck out the water. Due to the unclean swimming pool or river water, the skin and tympanic membrane of the external auditory canal are infected after the sewage enters the ear, or the water in the ear is not treated properly, such as unclean ear digging, etc., the following kinds of ear diseases are often caused: external auditory canal inflammation, external auditory canal furuncle, cerumen blockage, tympanitis, suppurative otitis media.
4. Side lying method: after all the above methods have been tried, lie down and lie on your side at night, that is, the ear with water in it, but don't block it, because the air pressure will affect the outflow of water after blocking it
If the above symptoms appear after the water in the ear, stop swimming temporarily, and go to the hospital for examination and symptomatic treatment.