Do not take earwax

The sticky gold that lies deep in your ears has nothing bad but must be thrown away. Let it stay there, American doctors recommend.

"In fact, ear wax plays a role and you don't need to take it out, just leave it there," Peter Roland, a doctor in ear, nose and throat at Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas at Dallas, said.

Do not take cotton swab.Photo: LiveScience.

Roland leads the group of doctors offering new earwax recommendations, published by the US Otolaryngology Institute. The recommendation has two purposes: to determine which case requires earwax, and to help doctors understand when earwax is effective.

A lot of people come to the doctor when too much earwax is blocked or tight. They believe that tight earwax can be painful, itchy, irritable, foul-smelling, drooping and in severe cases deaf.

In fact, earwax is a self-cleaning agent, with antibacterial, lubricating and protective properties, doctors said.

That's why tiny glands in the canal in the outer ear constantly release water, mixed with a bit of hair and dead skin to form earwax. The part of excess ear wax often moves slowly out of the ear canal, with the support of chewing movements and other jaw movements, carrying dust and dirt. It then becomes dry and falls off the ear.

When the natural movement of earwax is disordered, or when people use a cotton swab in the ear, earwax can accumulate and block part of the ear canal.

Therefore, the doctor recommends that you leave your ear alone, unless there are symptoms that it has filled the ear. And if you have to rub your ears at home, you should use support liquids (fluid will loosen the ear and it will be easier to float out).