Exempel på earwax

• For example, kholokotho means abyss, or earwax, or lachrymal caruncle (an inner part of the eye), or ugly-looking person, or species of herb.

• Excess earwax should be carefully removed from the ear, and earplugs should be cleaned regularly with water and mild soap.

• Here they produce cerumen, or earwax, by mixing their secretion with sebum and dead epidermal cells.

• Hearing aids may be associated with increased earwax impaction.

• Racial differences also exist in the cerumen glands: apocrine sweat glands which produce earwax.

• The ear is also self-cleaning and earwax is needed to protect the ear from dirt, dust, and bacterial infections.

• Earwax is partly composed of sebum produced by glands in the ear canal.

• If the ear shows irritation and buildup of dirt and earwax, the hairs from the ear canal should be gently plucked out regularly.

• The devices are very useful for active individuals because their design protects against moisture and earwax and can be worn while exercising, showering, etc.

• Medical research has shown that the practice is both dangerous and ineffective and does not help remove earwax or toxicants.

• In pharmaceutics, triethanolamine is the active ingredient of some ear drops used to treat impacted earwax.

• Wet-type earwax is associated with armpit odor, which is increased by sweat production.

• This drug is also used as an earwax removal aid.

• In theory, the combination of heat and suction is supposed to remove earwax.

• While a number of methods of earwax removal are effective, their benefits as compared to each other is not yet determined.