What about children’s ears?
Step 1: Jump on one foot
The ear entering the water is downward, the ear is pulled backward and upward, and one foot jumps to make the water flow downward from the external auditory canal by gravity.
2. Movable external auditory canal
First, lean your head to the side of the water, cling your palm to the child’s ear root, then quickly loosen it, and suck out the water several times in a row.
Step 3: Clean the external auditory canal
Fix the child’s head and keep it still, then gently rotate it with a soft cotton ball to wipe the outer ear.
Common Mistakes of Ear Water Inflow
1. Use unclean clips, match sticks, small keys, etc. to pull out the ears.
It may damage children’s ear canal and even tympanic membrane. Try to wipe the outer ear with cotton balls instead of soft cotton swabs to prevent injury.
2. Self-made cotton swab for ear removal
Wrap a small ball of cotton in a pointed toothpick to pull out the ear, which is not firmly fixed and may cause the cotton to fall off and be embedded in the ear canal.
How to prevent ear water from entering?
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Wear earplugs when swimming, and the swimming time should not exceed 1 hour.
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If water enters the nasal cavity during swimming, do not hold the nostrils on both sides to squeeze out water at the same time to prevent water from flowing into the middle ear.
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When bathing a child, it is not easy to let water enter the ear by sticking the ear to the face from back to front.
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After washing, dry the water around the ears in time to prevent it from flowing into the ears.