how do u get ear wax in your ears?

Answer 1

Earwax is made in the outer ear canal. This is the area between the fleshy part of the ear on the outside of your head (the part you can see) and the middle ear. The skin in the outer ear canal has special glands that produce earwax. The fancy name for this waxy stuff is cerumen (say: suh-roo-mun).

After the wax is produced, it slowly makes its way through the outer ear canal to the opening of the ear. Then it either falls out or is removed when you wash. In most people, the outer ear canal makes earwax all the time, so the canal always has enough wax in it.

So why do we need wax? Earwax has several important jobs. First, it protects and moisturizes the skin of ear canal, preventing dry, itchy ears. Second, it contains special chemicals that fight off infections that could hurt the skin inside the ear canal. Finally, it acts as a shield between the outside world and the eardrum. When dust, dirt, and other things enter your ear, the earwax traps them so they can't travel any further.

If you want to get rid of earwax, here's what you need to do: nothing! Most kids don't need to do anything special to remove earwax. If you wash your hair regularly, this is enough to keep your ears clean.

You can wipe the outside of your ear with a washcloth but don't use a cotton swab, your finger, or anything else to poke around inside your ear to remove earwax. Your ear canal and eardrum are very delicate, and you may hurt them or cause bleeding by trying to get rid of wax this way. Poking around in your ear can also push and pack the wax in further.

In some kids, one or both ear canals make extra earwax. If this sounds like you, tell an adult. Doctors often can prescribe special medicines that are placed in the ear to get rid of extra wax

Hope this is of use to you!

Answer 2

The ear is made up of three different parts: the outer ear (the part you can see); the middle ear (which is separated from the outer ear by the eardrum and contains tiny bones that amplify sound waves); and the inner ear (where sound waves are translated into electrical impulses and sent to the brain). The ear canal cleans itself with a waxy secretion called cerumen (ear wax). Sometimes, the wax builds up and causes symptoms, including mild deafness and a sensation of fullness inside the ear. This condition is harmless and easily treated. In some cases, the wax plug loosens and falls out by itself without the need for intervention.

Answer 3

I like Holly's answer. Basically, it gets in to your ears in the same way snot gets in to your nose. There is nothing wrong with ear wax until it goes a dark brown rather than the light yellow colour that it should be.

Answer 4

It's a lot like the mucus in your sinuses and nose. It's our bodies' secretion to remove dirt, bacteria, dead skin and intrusive objects like dead insects. It comes from the cerumen glands in the ear canals. It can sometimes cause problems if it becomes too hard and large. But normally it needs little help to do its work.

Answer 5

You might try webmd.com to find out for sure.
I'm thinking that it's a natural way for the ear to flush itself out, but when it doesn't make it all the way, then we get the waxy stuff in the ears.

Answer 6

body makes it on purpose.
It might be supposed to catch and trap bacteria that could infect the soft tissues in the inner ear.

Answer 7

Easy! In each persons ear there is a colony of micrscopic bees. as the colony grows so does the earwax...which is their hive. The honey however tastes foul!

Answer 8

light an ear candle?

Answer 9

you should not be putting it in