Cerumen

Introduction: Cerumen

Description of Cerumen

Cerumen (medical condition): A sticky substance secreted by the cerumen glands in the skin of the ear canals. The secretion may build up to a level where hearing is impaired until the buildup is removed. The secretion protects the inner ear by trapping foreign material such as ...more

Cerumen: See also:

Ear wax:
  »Introduction: Ear wax
  »Symptoms of Ear wax
  »Causes of Ear wax
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Cerumen: earwax.

Cerumen: The soft, brownish yellow, waxy secretion (a modified sebum) of the ceruminous glands of the external auditory canal. SYN: ear wax, earwax. [L. cera, wax]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Cerumen: The yellow or brown waxy secretions produced by vestigial apocrine sweat glands in the external ear canal.
Source: MeSH 2007

Cerumen as a Disease

Cerumen: Another name for Ear wax (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Ear wax
  »Symptoms of Ear wax
  »Causes of Ear wax
  »Treatments for Ear wax

Cerumen: Related Diseases

Cerumen: Cerumen is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Ear conditions

Causes of Cerumen

Some of the causes of Cerumen are included in the list below:

• Chronic ear picking
• Twisted ear canal - a congenital ear canal condition

Read more about causes of Cerumen (Ear wax)

Symptoms of Cerumen (Ear wax)

Some of the symptoms of Cerumen incude:

• Ear pain
• Reduced hearing
• Hearing loss
• Ringing in the ears
• Sensation of ear fullness

Read more about symptoms of Cerumen (Ear wax)

Treatments for Cerumen (Ear wax)

Treatments for Cerumen (Ear wax) include:

• Wax-dissolving ear drops
  • Auro
  • Debrox
  • E-R-O
  • Murine Ear Drops

See full list of 12 treatments for Cerumen

Treatment of Cerumen: For more treatment information about Cerumen, see treatment of Ear wax (Cerumen)

Cerumen: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Cerumen:

• conductive deafness
• otitis media
• glue ear
• upper respiratory tract infection
• paracetamol
• chronic otitis media
• radical mastectomy
• temporal lobe abscess

Terms associated with Cerumen:

Terms Similar to Cerumen:

• Ear Wax

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Cerumen

• Bodily Secretions

Source - MeSH 2007

The following terms can be used for Cerumen

• body fluid
• external ear

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Cerumen

The following list attempts to classify Cerumen into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Fluids and Secretions
  • Bodily Secretions
    • Cerumen

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