The diagnosis of hearing loss is made by an otolaryngologist after examining a patient with complaints of hearing loss, which does not go away on its own for a certain time. At an early stage, in some cases, conservative drug treatment or folk remedies for hearing loss helps. But before you start using them at home, you need to accurately establish the causes of the disease. Otherwise, even the most reliable and proven methods for centuries can only worsen the situation.
The consequences of self-medication
With a disease such as hearing loss, treatment with folk remedies will be safe only after consultation with a doctor. This is the main thing to remember! Therefore, the first thing to do when you notice symptoms of hearing loss is to go to the hospital.
If the cause of the disease is established incorrectly or not at all, the use of folk remedies can lead to a number of complications:
- irritation and severe allergic reactions;
- rupture of the tympanic membrane;
- the spread of inflammation to nearby tissues;
- spreading viruses and infections through the blood throughout the body;
- general blood poisoning.
Moreover, not all types of hearing loss can be treated with folk remedies. In most cases, if they are not harmful, then they are certainly useless. Therefore, it is so important to know the type and causes of the disease.
The best folk remedies
Many people believe that folk remedies can be trusted, since they were used long before the advent of real medicines. There is some truth in this statement.
Here are some ways to quickly get rid of hearing loss, the cause of which is already known:
- Acute otitis media. At an early stage, it can be quickly cured with propolis alcohol tincture, which is easy to buy at any pharmacy or prepare yourself. You cannot pour it into your ears in its pure form, there will be a serious burn. Therefore, it is diluted with olive or linseed oil in a 1: 3 ratio. The mixture is impregnated with a gauze turundochka and inserted into the sore ear. Change 3-4 times a day.
- Vascular spasms. Viburnum with honey removes well. Juice from fresh viburnum berries is mixed with quality honey in equal proportions. The mixture is applied to gauze filaments, injected into the ear and left there overnight. The course of treatment for hearing loss with folk remedies of this type is at least 14 days, so you have to be patient.
- Noise in the head. Often occurs due to circulatory disorders. Hearing problems are common in people with severe hypertension. You can correct the situation with the help of garlic turundochek. Grind a small clove of garlic into a gruel. On a piece of clean gauze, drop 3 drops of camphor oil, place the grated garlic there and roll tightly into a tube. Gently insert the turunda into the ear and leave for 3-4 hours. If not very baked, then you can overnight. Do this for several days in a row.
Sulfur plug. It blocks the ear canal and is a common cause of conductive hearing loss. You should not even try to remove it at home with a cotton swab - the cork will only clog deeper and can damage the eardrum. Instillation of warm camphor or almond oil helps to soften the sulfur plug and make the ear self-cleaning possible. 7 drops 2-3 times a day. But if the situation has not improved by 3-4 days, you need to go to the hospital.- Inflammation of the middle ear. It is excellently treated with oak bark infusion. To do this, you need to prepare a mixture of 3 tbsp. tablespoons of chopped oak bark and 2 tablespoons of dried flowers of calendula and linden. Mix all components well and store in a tightly closed glass jar. For tincture, pour 2 tablespoons of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, cover and wrap tightly. After 2 hours, the tincture is ready. Drip 3 drops into each ear several times a day. By the way, rinsing the nose and throat with such a solution for viral or colds will be a good prevention of otitis media.
Sulfur plug. It blocks the ear canal and is a common cause of conductive hearing loss. You should not even try to remove it at home with a cotton swab - the cork will only clog deeper and can damage the eardrum. Instillation of warm camphor or almond oil helps to soften the sulfur plug and make the ear self-cleaning possible. 7 drops 2-3 times a day. But if the situation has not improved by 3-4 days, you need to go to the hospital.Various breathing exercises help to clear the ears and prevent hearing loss of any type. The simplest of them is done like this:
- become straight, you can stick to the back of the chair;
- the mouth is closed, breathing is carried out only through the nose;
- take a deep breath with a full chest;
- during exhalation, draw in the stomach as much as possible;
- while inhaling, push it forward, rounded like a ball.
Beginners can repeat the exercise no more than three times in a row. Gradually it is necessary to bring it up to 9 and even 15 times. If you suddenly start to feel dizzy, stop immediately and continue only after the condition has completely returned to normal.
What cannot be treated at home
It is impossible to cure congenital and hereditary hearing loss with any folk remedies. In this case, damage to the brain or hearing system is irreversible and took place even before the baby was born. Only a good hearing aid or a serious hearing restoration operation can help him.
Treatment of sensorineural hearing loss with folk remedies is possible only in the early stages of the disease and only if its causes are eliminated. It is prudent to use proven traditional methods as part of a comprehensive outpatient therapy when authorized by your doctor. The independent use of any additional funds can violate the treatment regimen established by the doctor and neutralize its result.
How to treat hearing loss of the 2nd degree with folk remedies, if the disease is of a conductive type, is partially described above. Some methods allow you to soften and remove the sulfur plug, others relieve inflammation and improve hearing, if there is no large accumulation of pus. But when the method of treatment is chosen incorrectly, the patient loses time and starts the disease.
Hearing loss of 3 and 4 degrees is also not amenable to treatment with folk remedies. These are severe forms of hearing impairment and only an experienced specialist can restore it at least partially. It is not for nothing that these diagnoses are the reason for filing documents for the 2nd group of disability. So is it worth exacerbating the situation and risking your own health, trusting "grandmother's" advice?
