Ear drops are a drug solution that is injected topically into the ear canal. Their effectiveness is due to the fact that the active components come directly to the focus of inflammation or pain. It is important that the selected drops in the ears correspond to the disease to be treated and contain the necessary ingredients for therapeutic purposes.
The algorithm of instillation of drops in the ears
The procedure will require:
- balls of sterile cotton wool;
- pipette (if the package is not equipped with a special nozzle);
- drops of temperature 37-38 degrees.
Before dropping drops into your ears, you must take care of the purity of the auditory canal, otherwise the drug solution will not work. If a large amount of sulfur is found or there is a stopper, it must be removed beforehand with cotton buds, hydrogen peroxide and water, carefully cleaning the skin from contaminants.
Here's how to properly dig in the ear:
- Wash both hands with soap or antiseptic gel.
- Lie on your side, a healthy ear should be located below. You can just tilt your head.
- Pull one's hand out of the auricle first back, then up.
- Inject the solution into the ear canal. The liquid should flow down the side wall. Otherwise, there may be one or more air bubbles above the tympanic membrane. This will disrupt the normal contact of the active ingredients with the affected tissues.
- Put a small ball of sterile cotton in the treated ear canal.
- After about 10 minutes, turn over on the other side or tilt the head to allow the solution to flow onto the cotton swab.
The amount of drops to drip into the ear is prescribed by the otolaryngologist. In addition, the dosage and daily amount of the drug should comply with the recommendations from the instructions to the drug.
Hurts ear - causes and effective drops
Factors that provoke unpleasant symptoms, inflammation and pain in the ears, a little:
- otitis media;
- sulfur fuses;
- otomycosis (fungus of ears).
There are several types of medicinal solutions that help to cope with similar clinical manifestations:
- local anesthetics;
- antibiotics;
- hormonal drops;
- non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
- antifungal drugs;
- Special fluids for softening of earwax;
- combined medicines containing 2 or more active components.
As a rule, the last group of solutions is used in otolaryngological practice, because the combination of several ingredients allows simultaneously to achieve relief and pain syndrome, and inflammation, as well as stop the reproduction of pathogenic bacteria, fungi.
The most effective and popular drops in the ears with infectious lesions and otitis:
- Anaurine;
- Sofradex ;
- Otypax;
- Normax;
- Otinum;
- Cipromed;
- Otofa;
- Fugentin;
- Levomycetin;
- Polydex;
- Garazon;
- Uniflox;
- Combin-Duo;
- Tsiprolet.
All these solutions are combined medicines.
To get rid of sulfuric plugs and persistent impurities, remedies that soften the ear wax are recommended:
- Auro;
- Drops;
- E-P-O;
- Remo-Wax;
- Debrox;
- A-Cerumen;
- Murain;
- hydrogen peroxide.
These drugs contribute to the rapid removal of traffic jams, just 5-10 minutes after instillation.
With otomycosis, only one complex drug called Candibiotics is considered effective. It consists of beclomethasone dipropionate, lidocaine, clotrimazole and chloramphenicol. Due to such a combination of components, the drops can remove inflammation and pain, eliminate fungal colonies, prevent secondary bacterial infection.