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Keratosis obitarans
Hello, i was diagnosed with keratosis obutarans when i was 18 and have been getting my ears cleaned every 6-8 months but the process is really painful and i often get fever after the cleaning. Is there any other treatment for this apart from that intense cleaning which always painful.
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Use ear drops. Like waxrid removax which will soften the wax atleast 4 times daily before going for cleaning. The doctor can use local xylocaine drops or spray to numb that area
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Using wax softeners can help prevent hard wax formation. A narrow ear canal is the reason you are prone for keratosis obturans. Wax is sweat and sebum accumulation in the ear canal and wax naturally egresses out from a wide normal ear canal. A narrow ear canal is prone to formation of impacted wax/ keratosis obturans and hence the need for regular canal cleaning. A permanent solution to this would be a canalplasty procedure— where a hand drill is used to widen the ear canal
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Cleaning is the option .
Otherwise widening of External auditory Canal can be done . After which ear cleaning will be easy.
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Dr. Jaimini Thakkar
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cleaning is necessary. You can go for surgery for widening of ear canal to avoid excessive pain.
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