Do you dare to imagine if you suddenly lose your hearing? Zhang Haojie, deputy chief physician of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of the Provincial People's Hospital, tells you five ways to maintain your ears and awaken your ear awareness.
Avoid noise. If people are exposed to various noises such as the roar of machines, the noise of vehicles, and the noise of people for a long time, they will be more likely to fatigue their hearing which has begun to decline, and their hearing will decline sharply, even causing noise deaf 。
Stop digging. If you often use an ear spoon or a match stick to pick out your ear, it is easy to bruise the ear canal, cause infection, inflammation, and possibly damage the eardrum. When the ear canal is itchy and uncomfortable, gently wipe the ear canal with a cotton swab dipped in a little alcohol or glycerin, or take vitamin B, C and cod liver oil orally.
Use medicine with caution. Try to avoid the use of ototoxic drugs, such as gentamicin, streptomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, etc. Because the detoxification and excretion function of the elderly is low, the use of these drugs is likely to cause ototoxicity and damage hearing.
Massage often. Massaging Yifeng and Tinghui points before and after the earlobe can increase the blood circulation of the inner ear and protect hearing. Massage once every morning and evening for 5-10 minutes.
Calm the liver fire. If the elderly are often in a state of impatience and irritation, it will cause the autonomic nerve to lose its normal regulatory function, resulting in ischemia, edema and auditory neurotrophic disorder of the inner ear organs, which may lead to sharp hearing loss or sudden deafness. Therefore, the elderly should try to keep a good mood of relaxed and happy.
