How Can Cerumen Impaction In A Child Be Treated?

Posted on Mon, 18 Sep 2017

Question: Hello doctor,

We have a 3 months old baby. We can see some dirt accumulated in his ears. We are unsure how to clean it. Please advice us on how to clean his ears.

Thanks,
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Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Nothing needs to be done about it.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone carefully through your query and understand your concerns. Let me assure you that you do not need to remove it at all. The body will take care of it. If still apprehensive, you can apply wax cleaning solutions like Ceruclear Drops in each ear and that should suffice. For the external part of the ears, you can simply take a wet cotton and use that to clean the folds in the pinna of the ear.

Let me know if I could help further.

Regards

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