More online at www.VirginiaHearingAids.com. The canals in our ears are covered with hair follicles as well as glands that produce an oily wax known as cerumen, or ear wax. This wax lines the interior ...

Try removing ear wax at home with ear drops, oil, or a baking soda solution. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to use each ...

Ear candling is a practice meant to remove earwax but puts you at risk for burns, ear infections, and event temporary hearing ...

In the ear along the canal, are sebaceous glands responsible for wax production. While it’s brown colour and sticky texture makes it appear like dirt. Dr Ricky Byaruhanga, an ENT surgeon with Mulago ...

You step out of the shower and, even though you know you shouldn't, you reach for a Q-tip to clean your ears. Except when you lower the swab, you can't help but notice… your ear wax smells. Is that ...

Not hearing properly or have blocked ears with no flu? Before you rush to hospital in a panic, it could be due to excessive wax believe it or not. Brown, grey, reddish orange or even yellowish in ...

I experience an itch in my ear that makes me try to clean my ears throughout the day. Not only is it inconvenient and annoying - I'm worried about damageing my hearing. Is it a bacterial/fungal ...

"Never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear! Cotton swabs are for cleaning belly buttons, not ears." That's what everyone's grandmother says. Ear wax, medically known as cerumen ...

Medically known as cerumen, ear wax is a soft, natural substance secreted by the sebaceous glands lining the ear canal. While ear wax is constantly being produced by young and old alike, it can often ...

Experts warn against using cotton swabs, ear picks, pens, or fingers to remove ear wax as it can lead to hearing loss. The human ear has a self-cleaning mechanism and no routine maintenance is ...