Often itchy inside the ear, but what also do not come out? Why is that? Doctor reveals the answer

A lot of people in our lives, are in the habit of ear cleaning, feeling after ear cleaning, more fully the even head all feel relaxed, but sometimes the ear is very urticant, ear cleaning, not to pay anything now a lot of people join the keeping in good health, with the development of the society, in order to cater to people's health habits, now out of a mining industry.

Ear harvesting is getting so popular these days that some people even have their ears plucked on a regular basis to get the dirt out of their ears.

But IN the process of taut EAR, DISCOVER EAR INSIDE IS VERY CLEAN, WHY EAR IS VERY CLEAN BUT SOMETIMES ITCHY HARD to BEAR? With your question in mind, ear itching is not necessarily caused by dirt in the ear, but may also be caused by other bacterial infections.

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First, let's understand the function and function of the ear

Our ears include the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear three parts, auditory receptors and taste receptors are located in the inner ear, so it is also called the position of the ear, some people will be the outer ear and the middle ear as the accessory of the position of the ear, the outer ear includes the pinna and the external auditory canal two parts.

In addition, there are ear hair and some glands on the skin of the external auditory canal, and the secretion of the gland and ear hair have a certain blocking effect on the entry of foreign bodies such as external dust.

1. The outer ear, including the pinna and ear canal, has the function of collecting sound.

2, the middle ear has tympanic membrane, listening ossibles, eustachian tube play the role of sound transmission and amplification, the sound through the outer ear collection, amplification of the middle ear, to the inner ear.

3. The inner ear has cochlea, vestibule and semicircular canal, which plays the role of transmitting sound. The sound reaches the cochlea through the auditory nerve to the auditory center, and the semicircular canal plays the role of balance regulation.

The ear has the function of hearing sound, we hear the sound of the outside world through the ear, in addition, the ear is also the most important organ of balance, if there is a problem with the ear, then we will have balance dysfunction, dizziness, walking instability, lying in bed will have the feeling of floating in the water.

So the ear pays attention to your hearing, but it also pays attention to your balance, and it feels like if it's diseased, our balance function will be severely affected.

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Often itchy inside the ear, but what also do not come out? Why is that? Doctor reveals the answer

There are many common causes of ear canal itching, including bacterial infection, fungal infection, ear wax or foreign body irritation of the external auditory canal, allergic reaction, and so on. Some people appear itching, pain, discharge and other symptoms because the external auditory canal is infected with streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, and other bacteria.

Some people have itchy ears and fungal infection, because the structure of the external auditory canal to the slightly tortuous tube, once the local moisture, a long time is easy to secondary fungal infection.

Some people's ears itch, because the accumulation of earwax into hard pieces or foreign bodies in the external auditory canal, easy to stimulate the skin of the external auditory canal, which causes inflammation and causes itching of the ear canal, and some people's ears itch because of ear local skin eczema, allergic rhinitis and other allergic reactions caused by.

1, skin allergy: some people are allergic constitution, once exposed to allergens or unhealthy diet, ear skin is prone to allergy and lead to itching, in skin allergy, in addition to itching symptoms.

2. Eczema of the external auditory canal: if the ear is inexplicably itchy, it is necessary to consider whether there is local eczema of the external auditory canal. Eczema of the external auditory canal may be related to allergic reactions and personal hygiene.

If the body is more sensitive, and do not pay attention to personal hygiene, the skin condition of the ear is easy to deteriorate and eczema, external auditory canal, eczema common manifestations are itching of the external auditory canal, small rash, light yellow or clear water exudate, skin erosion or thickening desquamation, yellow scab and so on.

3, fungal external otitis: Fungal external otitis refers to the inflammation of the external auditory canal caused by Aspergillus, mucor, Candida, penicillium and other fungi. It is usually caused by dampness of the external auditory canal, injury or improper use of antibiotics and ear drops.

Common manifestations are itching or swelling of the external auditory canal, congestion of the external auditory canal skin, swelling or exudation, scab more and blocked the external auditory canal or cover the tympanic membrane, mildew moss in the deep of the external auditory canal, etc.

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If you do not pay attention to diet, eat too much sweet and spicy food, allergic food, and often stay up late, unreasonable work and rest, it will lead to poor blood glucose control, prone to skin itching symptoms, including itching ears.

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Often dig ear to what harm does ear have?

1, cause external auditory canal skin damage, bacterial infection, damaged skin cause acute external otitis, appear obvious external ear pulling pain, ear pain, ear obstruction and other symptoms.

2. Repeated ear digging increases the possibility of skin infection with papillomavirus, which is prone to papilloma-like hyperplasia. Timely surgery is needed to prevent malignant transformation.

3. Repeated ear digging will lead to the normal skin of the external auditory canal, the pH is destroyed, and the fungus is easy to invade, leading to the fungal disease of the external auditory canal.

4, often dig the ear, increase the chance of accidental impact, resulting in external auditory canal bleeding or tympanic membrane perforation.

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Why does picking your ear make you feel more relaxed?

Our ear inside with a lot of nerve endings, and because of subcutaneous tissue rarely, so when we are in direct contact, there will be a pleasant feeling, this feeling is transmitted to the brain, we will feel very comfortable very top, if take out earwax, we feel, the body is not clean sort out what, so happy and free of traffic.

Because this feeling is so comfortable, an ear harvesting industry has even been developed to make customers feel relaxed. There is also ASMR (Spontaneous Sensory Meridians Response), which can achieve intracranial orgasm through chewing sound, ear picking sound, hair combing sound, etc. People with insomnia will listen to it more.

Although ear plucking brings us some pleasure, it also has a certain risk. Some people suffer from otitis media because of color, so they must go to formal institutions when choosing. In addition, ASMR does not recommend long-term listening, and some people will be immune after listening for a long time.