What to do if water got into the ear?

Probably everyone who dealt with water at least once felt this terrible feeling when she was inside your ear. Such an incident can happen for various reasons, here the main thing is to keep abreast of how to behave in such a situation and how to get rid of such an unpleasant sensation. Despite the fact that many consider this incident a trifle, in fact, water in the ear can lead to fairly unpleasant and serious complications. Let's find out what you need to know when the water gets into your ears and find out how to properly provide assistance in this case.

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The causes of the problem

Many are perplexed why it can happen so that a fluid falls into a protected ear, despite the fact that in most cases, this does not happen. This opinion is erroneous, because in 85% occurs when a person is immersed to a depth (during diving).

The phenomenon is called the "fin of the fin", because it is during immersion in the water that the fluid is flowing into the ear (and the middle one). This nuisance can also occur when an adult is in a shower, and children often complain of unpleasant pains in the ear after taking baths. It even happens that water enters the ear during a rinse of the throat or nose (cases are quite rare).

A fact from anatomy is if a person’s ear is completely healthy, then a fairly dense layer of sulfur, which plays a protective function and does not let water into the middle ear, is necessarily in it. If, nevertheless, the water got there, then it should go out quickly enough-within 60 minutes. If this does not happen, a feeling of discomfort appears in the ear and after a certain time - unpleasant pain, which will intensify over the time of time of the water in the ear.

The reasons for water entering the ear:

• If the middle ear is inflamed, which means that the level of protection is low, the probability of water is high, the system is very simple.

If the process of rinsing the nose or mouth occurs according to the wrong scheme (ignorance and inattention can cause this). Sometimes adults make the child rinse the throat or nose, but before that they do not consider it necessary to explain how to do it correctly. As a result - the child leaves the bathroom with water in the ear.

• The presence of sulfuric traffic in the ear. She just “presents” the ear itself, letting the water there.
• Incorrect anatomical structure of the ear. Such cases are rare, but still, they have a place to be. It is worth noting right away that the deviation in question is innate.

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Signs of the presence of a problem

Signs that water was “stuck” in your ear:

• Discomfort inside the ear.
• The feeling of the presence of a liquid in the ear, and sometimes it may seem that it gurgles right in her head.

I would immediately like to note that at first glance a very small problem can cause serious consequences. I immediately want to note that the ear with water inside is easier to catch up, so that the likelihood that even the slightest breeze will cause a serious cold of the ear is large enough. For those who have never experienced this pain, we tell - there is nothing worse than ear and tooth pain, so do not delay the solution of this problem.

Do not forget that the water contains a lot of various microbes and bacteria, which, being in the ear for a long time, can cause serious damage to human health. So if this happened to you, and there was water in your ear, which does not come out of there for an hour, it is better to try to “drive” her from the ear, but quickly.

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Solution

If you do not want to delay and have a desire to quickly get rid of water in your ear, you should know all the methods of implementing the plan:

• Without thinking twice and preparing, just jump a little on one leg (in this case, the ear with water should be below, that is, the head is tilted in this direction). This method is the simplest and helps quite often.

• If this option was “not rolling”, then try the next way - open your mouth wide and make several yawns. If you cannot realistically simulate such a process. Remember your sleepy condition, and the yawn will immediately “visit” you.
• The next option - try to blow out a cork from the ear. To do this, tilt your head to your side, click your nose with your fingers and close your oral cavity tightly. Now start to blow with all your might (the air will leave your ears). Often it happens that water from the ear comes out with the air, and, very quickly and painlessly.
• Try to put your index finger in the auricle, where, then, carefully move it up and down, and carefully remove it from the ear. Thanks to the creation of a vacuum in the ear, the water should quickly leak out of it.
• If this method is useless for you, try to do the following - press your palm tightly to your ear, after which, sharply remove it (in this case it will be better if you tilt your head to the side where the water stuck in your ear). Thus, you will create a certain vantuz that should clean your ear from the water.

If the above methods are completely useless, proceed to the following. In this case, for another attempt, you will need a chewing gum. Just take it in your mouth and chew it for a few minutes. Thus, you can straighten the ear canal, and the Eustachian pipes will be open and there is a high probability that it is during the chewing movement that the water will leave your ear.