2024-03-01 11:35:55
March 3rd is World Hearing Day! Taking advantage of this day, we invite Dr. Zhang Huizi, Assistant Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Head of the Department of Otology and Ear Neurology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, to dispel the myths regarding ear health! Ear picking and ear candle shops feel relaxing and comfortable, but are there any disadvantages? Earlier, netizens discovered that Cai Shaofen had a crease in her earlobe. Is this a sign of illness? How to deal with air pressure obstruction in both ears while flying? Without further ado, here’s the answer from an otolaryngology specialist!
World Hearing Day 2024 | 1. Is hearing deterioration a necessary stage? Once hearing loss can it be reversed?
answer:Does your machine start to deteriorate as you get older? Deterioration of body functions will undoubtedly make hearing worse, but when a person’s hearing deteriorates, and the speed or degree of deterioration vary from person to person. For example, some people who have taken drugs that can affect their hearing, have been damaged by noise for a long time, or have genetic problems will start to lose hearing earlier, such as in their 50s or 60s.
In addition, there are different reasons for hearing loss. Some congenital reasons, such as narrowing of the ear canal, lack of ear canal (commonly known as microtia) and cochlear problems, such as hearing loss from birth, or middle ear effusion, which is common in children, etc. For adults, it may be caused by earwax or foreign objects blocking the external auditory canal, or the eardrum may be ruptured (i.e., “eardrum perforation”), or the person may be exposed to noise for a long time, such as working on a construction site without taking protective measures. These are common causes of conductive conductivity. Causes of deafness. Whether hearing can be restored depends on the cause. Some congenital defects cannot be reversed, but problems such as eardrum rupture can return to normal as long as they are repaired.
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World Hearing Day 2024 | 2. Netizens discovered that Cai Shaofen had obvious creases in her earlobes when she attended an event earlier. They were worried that she had a hidden disease. Can the changes in her ears reveal the disease?
answer:There is no scientific basis for saying that you can tell whether you have cardiovascular disease from the auricle (that is, the visible area of the ear)! Creases in the earlobes may actually be a worry for many “beautiful” people. It may be due to the pressure of wearing earrings, or even long-term straining, which may lead to injuries requiring surgical repair, or the ear holes may be enlarged.
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Ear lobes may not be directly related to cardiovascular disease, but may be related to outer ear skin problems. For example, some people are exposed to the sun for a long time and rarely apply sunscreen on their ears. Over time, skin-related diseases will develop, such as skin melanoma, skin cancer, etc. Therefore, if you are exposed to the sun and rain frequently, remember to pay more attention to whether your skin has any abnormalities!
World Hearing Day 2024 | 3. There are many ear-picking or ear-candling shops now. Why does ear-picking feel comfortable? Are there any health risks?
answer:The special comfort during ear picking and ear candling turns out to be related to the nerve lines in the ears! There is a vagus nerve line in the ear. When you use feathers and other tools to stimulate the vagus nerve line near the ear hole, you will feel your heartbeat slowing down and relaxing, so ear picking or ear candling is particularly comfortable. However, in fact, the ear canal has a self-cleaning mechanism. Human skin undergoes metabolic renewal. The external auditory canal of the ear belongs to the same skin. Therefore, the earwax will be pushed from the middle point of the eardrum to the outer end of the eardrum, and then slowly pushed outward. It is a self-cleaning process. process. It can be wiped away when it is exposed, so there is no need to specially pick the ear or ear candle to remove the earwax.
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If the tools in these stores are not clean enough, they may cause bacterial infection in the ear canal, and the employees are not professionally trained, and may even injure the ear canal or eardrum. Dr. Zhang Huizi said that she has seen feathered objects lodged in the eardrums of patients. If Injury and inflammation of the external auditory canal will make it more difficult to push the earwax out. In addition, the heat from ear candles may rupture the eardrum. Therefore, it is recommended that everyone be careful regarding cleanliness and professionalism, and regular ear picking is not encouraged.
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