EARWAX ISSUE EASILY SOLVED

Q AWhat can I do to stop earwax building up in my ears and badly affecting my hearing? A build-up of earwax in your ear can cause earache, hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and ear infections. These problems will usually improve once the excess earwax has been removed. Never try to remove a build-up of earwax yourself with your fingers, a cotton bud or any other object. This can damageg yyour ear and ppush the wax further down. A bbuild-up of earwax can oftten be treated using eardrops bought from a phharmacy. Using drops may make your hearing r symptoms a little worse at first before etting better. If ppharmacy treatment doesn’t work after three to five days, contact yyour GP surgery. Your GGP or practice nurse will look inside your ears to check if they’re blocked and might carry out some simple hearing tests. They may suggeest having your ears washedhd out,t or advisedi you tto kkeep using the eardrops. Ear irrigation is quick and painless, where an electric pump is used to push water into your ear and wash out the earwax. If these treatments don’t help, your GP may refer you to an ear, nose and throat department for specialised treatment such as mircrosuction or aural toileting. Microsuction is a quick and painless procedure where a small device is used to suck the earwax out of your ear. Aural toilet is where a thin instrument with a small hoop at one end is used to clean your ear and scrape out earwax. Search “earwax” on NHSinform.scot for more information.