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Article: Softening up ear wax.(Pedia Trick)(Brief Article)
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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Getting excessive earwax out of a child's ear can be a trying task. The scared child is screaming and writhing, the parent and nurse are trying to hold the child still, and the doctor is carefully using an instrument called an ear currette to remove the wax so the ear drum can be seen. One way to prevent the problem is to keep your child's earwax soft since soft wax tends to flow out on its own.
There are commercial products that help to do this. However, you probably already have something that will do the trick in your medicine cabinet--hydrogen peroxide. Mix equal amounts of hydrogen peroxide with ...