Ent Examination and Cerumen Removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi

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Farhat Farhat et.al. Ent examination and cerumen removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School
Ent examination and cerumen removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior

High School, Berastagi
Farhat Farhat1*, Elvita Rahmi Daulay2, Dewi Masyithah Darlan3
1
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine,
Universitas Sumatera Utara
2
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara
3
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara
*Email: [email protected]
Abstract
Diseases of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) are common diseases in the world. The diseases are essential due to
morbidities, which affect the physiological functions in the head and neck region. Cerumen impaction is the most
common finding disease of ENT in children. The community service was done to find the distribution of ear, nose,
and throat examination results of students in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi, especially
cerumen impaction which then were treated with cerumen removal. The community service also aimed to increase
student's knowledge about ENT disease. The ENT examination was done to 188 students. The students with
cerumen impaction were treated with cerumen removal. The students also educated about ENT disease to improve
knowledge about ENT disease. Among 188 students, the number of male students was more than female with 98
students (52.1%), where 76 students (40.4%) were 14 years old. 150 students (79.8%) did not have any complaint
about their ear, nose, and throat. Ear fullness was a common chief complaint from the students with 15 students
(8.0%). Ear disease was a frequent disease with 44 students (47.3%) and cerumen impaction as the most common
findings with 43 students (22.9%). In ENT disease education, the evaluation was done with the highest result was
get by 8 students with 80% corrected answers. Ear disease had high prevalence with cerumen impaction as the
most common findings of ENT examination.
Keywords: Cerumen Impaction, Cerumen Removal, ENT Disease
1. INTRODUCTION
The health of children, including the ear, nose, and throat area is vital for their development and affects the
ability to get and understand knowledge. Diseases of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) are common in the
populations of the world (Sigdel and Nepali, 2012; Verina, 2015). The understanding of the diseases is
important due to their morbidities, which causes dysfunction of physiological functions of the head and neck
region. The morbidities are hearing loss, difficulty in breathing, dysphagia, difficulty in speech, smell
dysfunction, and loss of taste (Fasunla et al., 2013).
Ear disease is the most common disease in developing countries and suffered mostly by children (Sigdel and
Nepali, 2012; Verina, 2015). The most common finding of ear disease is cerumen impaction (Hussein et al.,
2018). Cerumen impaction occurs up to 6% in the general population and becomes the reason for many visits in
primary care consultations (Brkic, 2010). Cerumen impaction affects about 10% of children and 5% of adults.
The disease is frequently underdiagnosed and not treated, although it has a relatively high proportion (Fullington
et al., 2017).
Earwax, also known by the medical term as cerumen, is a gray, orange, red or yellowish waxy substance
that released into the ear canal of humans and other mammals. Protects skin from the human ear canal, assisting
in cleaning and lubrication, and also protects against bacteria, fungi, insects, and water (Snow and Wackym,
2009).
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Cerumen is an ordinary substance in the ear canal which is the secretion product of sebaceous gland and
ceruminous gland in the one-third of external ear canal together with the desquamation of ear canal
epithelium (Schwartz et al., 2017; Stránský et al., 2011). The using of cotton bud or hearing aid used lead to
the accumulation of cerumen or cerumen impaction (Wright, 2015; Eskelinen et al., 2014; Ulaganathan and
Shalini, 2015).
Cerumen impaction is usually caused by the inability of the ear to cleanse itself naturally or due to
inserting of an object which caused ear wax deeper into the ear canal and led to the hearing loss. Factors that
increase the incidence of impaction as the ear canal is narrow and tortuous, stiff hair or obstructive lesions
channels, example: exostosis, the use of cotton swabs to clean the ear canal, the growth of dense hair in the
ear canal, the use of hearing aids, and handicapped intellectual (Brkic, 2010). Wax which forms clumps that
accumulate in the ear canal can cause conductive hearing loss. Especially when the ear entered the water
when bathing and swimming, cerumen will be inflated and caused fullness sensation in the ear.
Cerumen itself is useful in the protection of the ear canal. Cerumen has antimicrobial properties that take
part in the first line of human protection system (Schwaab et al., 2011).
Ear canal cleaning occurs as a result of the "conveyor belt" process of epithelial migration, aided by jaw
movement. The cells are formed in the middle of the tympanic membrane migrate out of umbo (at a rate
proportional to the growth of nails) in the wall of the ear canal, and move towards the entrance of the ear canal.
The cerumen in the ear canal is also carried outwards, taking with it any particles that may have been gathered
in the canal. Jaw movements help this process by unplugging the debris attached to the wall of the ear canal,
increasing the likelihood of its expulsion. Cerumen is expelled by normal ear skin migration and jaw movement
(Poulton et al., 2015; Tuli, 2013).
The symptoms of cerumen impaction are ear fullness canal, hearing loss, tinnitus, itchy ear, and ear pain.
The hearing loss which resulted to due cerumen impaction is caused by conductive hearing loss (Pensak and
Choo, 2014, Schwartz et al., 2017, Krouse et al., 2017, Eziyi et al., 2011). The diagnosis of cerumen
impaction is based on history taking, physical examination such as ear canal inspection, otoscopy and
hearing test with a tuning fork (Akotey et al., 2017; Stewart and Selesnick, 2011).
The treatment for cerumen impaction was cerumen removal done by a physician. Cerumen removal
could be done by manual extraction, irrigation, and chemical substance use. The manual extraction was using
cerumen hook or suction. A chemical substance such as glycerin or hydrogen peroxide was used to soften
the harden cerumen (Snow and Wackym, 2009; Linstrom and Sclafani, 2015; Griffin and Anderson, 2019).
There are three methods recommended removal: cerumenolytic agents, irrigation, and manual removal.
Cerumenolytic agent, also known as ear wax drops, liquid solutions that help thin, soften, break, and/or
dissolve the ear wax. These drops are usually water-based or oil, with a water-based solution that is most
commonly used. Hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, docusate sodium, and sodium bicarbonate were the
typical materials found in water-based cerumenolytics. Common ingredients in oil-based cerumenolytics
were peanut, olive, and almond oil. Typically, up to five drops are used at a time of one to two times daily
for three to seven days. They could either be used alone or in conjunction with procedures such as ear
irrigation (Sevy and Singh, 2017).
Another safely and effectively method to remove unwanted cerumen is irrigation. There are many
variants of irrigation methods used in the clinical setting. In general, warm water alone or a 50/50 mix of
water and hydrogen peroxide flushed into the ear canal with a basin underneath with a syringe. Another
option is a standard oral jet irrigator, with or without a modified tip. Although these methods are inexpensive,
the potential to cause trauma, including perforation of the tympanic membrane is high when not correctly
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done. An ear irrigator tip can be used to mitigate the risk. There are electronic irrigators available as well;
however, there are no controlled trials to compare the different irrigation methods.
Manual removal is the final method recommended by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery to remove unwanted wax. Manual removal often requires special
instrumentation for better visualization, such as a binocular microscope or handheld speculum.
Cerumen removal device involves a metal or plastic loop or spoon, curettage, or alligator forceps. Some
products have illuminated tips to help visualize during the procedure. The advantage of this method is
the low risk of infection because the ear canal is not exposed to moisture. However, pose a small risk
of perforation and local trauma, especially if the patient is not cooperative. This method also requires
more clinical skills (Sevy and Singh, 2017).
The ENT examination was done in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi as a partner of
community service. The students become the object of treatment. The result will present the distribution of
ear, nose, and throat examination's result, including cerumen impaction as ear disease. Cerumen removal
was done for the students with cerumen impaction. Besides, the education about ENT disease to the
delegation of the students was done to increase the knowledge about ENT disease.
2. METHOD
The implementation method offered from the community service program is divided into several stages
including review of partner area locations with the headmaster, education about ENT disease, and the
examination of ear, nose, and throat to get the distribution of ENT examination's result of the students.
The materials of the education were about anatomy and common diseases of ear, nose, and throat, which
include the definitions, etiology, clinical manifestations, and the treatment. The ENT examination and
treated the students with cerumen impaction with cerumen removal was done in this community service.
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
ENT examinations and cerumen removal were done in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School,
Berastagi. Table 1. shown the characteristics of the students in the partner of community service.
Table 1. Characteristics of Students in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi
Characteristics n %
Gender
Male 98 52.1
Female 90 47.9
Age (years old)
11 1 0.5
12 27 14.4
13 73 38.8
14 76 40.4
15 10 5.3
16 1 0.5
Chief Complaint
Nothing complaint 150 79.8
Ear fullness 15 8.0
Nasal congestion 4 2.1
Itchy ear 5 2.7
Dysphagia 6 3.2
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Ear discharge 1 0.5

Runny nose 2 1.1
Sneezing 3 1.6
Tinnitus 2 1.1
ENT disease
Ear disease 44 47.3%
Nose disease 24 25.8%
Throat disease 25 26.9%

Based on table 1, among 188 students, the number of male students was more than female with 98
students (52.1%). Age of the students was mostly 14 years old, with 76 students (40.4%). 150 students
(79.8%) did not have any complaint about their ear, nose, and throat. The most common chief complaint
of the students was ear fullness with 15 students (8.0%). Based on the examination, ear disease was the
most findings with 44 students (47.3%), followed by throat disease with 25 students (26.9%), and nose
disease with 24 students (25.8%).
Table 2. Distribution of Students in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi based on
Ear Examination’s Result
Examination’s Result N %
Normal 144 76,6
Cerumen Impaction 43 22,9
Acute Otitis Media 1 0,5
Table 2 showed that about 144 students (76.6%) with normal results of ear examination. Cerumen
impaction was found in 43 students (22.9%) with the common complaints were ear fullness, tinnitus,
and itchy ear. Otitis media was found in 1 student (0.5%). Students with cerumen impaction were treated
with cerumen removal.
Nose Examination’s Result
Examination’s result N %
Normal 164 87,2
Allergic Rhinitis 10 5,3
Turbinate Hypertrophy 12 6,4
Nasal polyps 2 1,1
It was shown in table 3 that 164 students (87.2%) had normal results of nose examination.
Turbinate hypertrophy was found in 12 students (6.4%), slightly different from allergic rhinitis in 10
students (5.3%). The lowest number was found for nasal polyps, which only found in 2 students (1.1%).
Throat Examination’s Result
Examination’s result N %
Normal 163 86,7
Chronic Tonsillitis 23 12,2
Tonsillopharyngitis 2 1,1
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Table 4 shows the results of throat examination with normal results as the most common findings
in all of the students (86.7%). The abnormal results with high numbers of finding were chronic tonsillitis
in 23 students (12.2%). Tonsillopharyngitis was found in 2 students (1.1%).
16 students were educated in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi as the delegation
of each class. The education is about ENT diseases which start from the anatomy of ear, nose, and
throat. The definition, etiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of the ENT diseases also become
the subject of education. The evaluation was done after the education finished. Among 16 students,
there were 8 students with 80% correct answers, 5 students with 70% correct answers, and 3 students
with 60% correct answers.
Ear disease was a common occurrence in developing countries and mostly affected children (Sigdel
and Nepali, 2012; Verina, 2015). A study by Fasunla et al. showed that patients with ear disease were 3136
people (62.7%), nose disease was 1153 people (23%), and throat disease was 479 people (9,6%) (Fasunla et
al., 2013). Sigdel et al. in their study found that 944 of 1632 patients affected ear disease. The most common
finding was cerumen impaction which found in 315 people (33,4%), followed by chronic suppurative otitis
media in 229 peoples (24,3%) and acute suppurative otitis media in 123 people (13,0%) (Sigdel and Nepali,
2012). Results of the several studies above are relevant to the findings of this community service. The result
showed that ear disease becomes the most findings with 44 of 188 students (47.3%).
The ear canal contains a substance called cerumen that is a combination secretion of the sebaceous
glands (sebaceous) glands and apocrine together with the results of the ear canal squamous epithelial
desquamation. Wax is a natural substance found in the ear canal and plays a role in cleaning, protecting,
and lubricating the ear canal. Cerumen is waterproof and has an acidic pH. The nature of cerumen is
hydrophobic and has the ability in a bacteriostatic or fungistatic activity to prevent infection (Gerchman
et al., 2012).
Cerumen is the product of sebaceous glands and ceruminous glands secretions together with the
desquamation of ear canal epithelium (Schwartz et al., 2017, Stránský et al., 2011). Cerumen is a normal
substance in the ear canal (Munir and Clarke, 2012; Prowse and Mulla, 2014). Cerumen is divided by wet
cerumen and dry cerumen according to the ethnic of the person. Wet cerumen is found in 90% black and
white people. The combination of wet and dry cerumen was found in the population of the Middle East and
Southeast Asia. Dry cerumen was common in the population of North China, Korea, and Japan (Sugiura et
al., 2014).
Cerumen has bactericidal activity (Gerchman et al., 2012; Dhillon and East, 2013) as the protection
film, which has an antimicrobial function and lubricates the ear canal. Cerumen entrap the dust and dirt,
which then expelled from the ear canal through the epithelial migration and jaw movement such as
during eating or talking (Poulton et al., 2015; Tuli, 2013). The use of cotton bud and hearing aid could
lead to cerumen accumulation (Wright, 2015).
Cerumen accumulation could obstruct the ear canal and causes cerumen impaction (Eskelinen et al., 2014;
Ulaganathan and Shalini, 2015). Cerumen impaction is the occlusion of the ear canal by cerumen, which leads
to conductive hearing loss type (Pensak and Choo, 2014; Schwartz et al., 2017). Cotton bud using as the most
predisposing factor for cerumen impaction (Snow and Wackym, 2009). The symptoms are ear fullness, hearing
loss, tinnitus, itchy ear, and ear pain (Pensak and Choo, 2014; Krouse et al., 2017; Eziyi et al., 2011). The
excess of cerumen should be removed because it caused inhibit the visualization of eardrum and audiology
procedure such as accuracy of audiometry (Prowse and Mulla, 2014, Johnson et al., 2013).
Cerumen impaction or obstruction of the ear canal by cerumen is one cause of most types of
conductive hearing loss. The cause of this disorder is the use of a cotton bud. Besides, some patients
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tend to excessive cerumen production, which forms a hard wax and also disturbances in migration and
extrusion cerumen. Symptoms of this disorder is hearing loss, a sense of fullness in the ear, itching, and
pain (Eskelinen et al., 2014).
The diagnosis of cerumen impaction is based on history taking, physical examination such as ear canal
inspection, otoscopy and hearing test with using tuning fork (Akotey et al., 2017; Stewart and Selesnick, 2011).
The symptoms of cerumen impaction were taken by history taking. The patients will also admit the habit on
using cotton bud, insert foreign bodies to the ear canal or use a hearing aid or earpiece (Linstrom and Sclafani,
2015; Akotey et al., 2017).
Cerumen impaction occurs up to 6% of the general population and becomes the most reason for
primary care consultation (Brkic, 2010). It affects 10% children and 5% adults. This disease is
frequently underdiagnosed and has not been treated, although it has a relatively high proportion
(Fullington et al., 2017). Fuad et al. in their study in Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzuegowina community
found 328 children with cerumen impaction and without significant difference of boys and girls
prevalence (Brkic, 2010). Feder et al. found 17% or 385 of 2591 Canadian children and teenagers in 3
to 19 years old, which had cerumen impaction (Feder et al., 2017). Hussain et al. in their study found
that from 270 children, 223 children (82,6%) had normal otoscopy finding, 11 children (4,1%) with
excess cerumen, 23 children (8,5%) with cerumen impaction and 13 children (4,8%) with discharge or
redness of eardrum. Amusa et al. found that the most findings for otoscopy in children were cerumen
impaction (Amusa et al., 2013). It proves that cerumen impaction was the most clinical findings for ear
disease (Hussein et al., 2018). Ibiam et al. found that cotton bud using as the most predisposing factor
in 338 of 3375 patients in ENT clinic (Ibiam et al., 2014). The studies above were similar in the findings
of this community service, which showed cerumen impaction as the most findings ear disease with 43
students (22,9%).
Indication of intervention and treatment of cerumen impaction is when a patient has symptoms,
including ear pain or pressure, fullness in the ears, and hearing loss. However, the therapy is usually not
justified for excessive cerumen without symptoms or when the ability to examine the ear is not compromised.
Special consideration is needed for patients who cannot tell the symptom, including infants and patients with
cognitive impairment, as well as those with structural abnormalities of the ear canal, immunosuppression,
anticoagulation therapy, diabetic and non-intact tympanic membrane. Patients, including children, who wear
hearing aids are at higher risk for cerumen impaction and should receive regular check-up and treatment if
necessary to optimize the hearing efficiency (Hackell, 2017).
The treatment for cerumen impaction was cerumen removal performed by a physician with careful
action. Cerumen removal could be done with manual extraction, irrigation, and using chemical substances.
Manual extraction is done using cerumen hook or ear suction (Bansal, 2012). Hard cerumen is softening
with chemical substances such as glycerin or hydrogen peroxide so it could be removed by manual extraction
(Snow and Wackym, 2009; Linstrom and Sclafani, 2015; Griffin and Anderson, 2019). Failure to complete
the first-line treatment of impacted should ask for a referral of patients to the doctor with specialized
equipment and training in this procedure (Hackell, 2017).
Inserting things in the ear should be avoided. Some earwax may out on cotton, bobby pins, paperclips,
or other items, but in reality, it just pushes the earwax back more in-depth into the ear, which lead problems.
It also hurt the ears by putting or inserting the hole in the eardrum, cutting or scratching the ear canal skin,
or even cause ear infections (Krouse et al., 2017).
There was no abnormality in the nose examination of the students. Turbinate hypertrophy, allergic
rhinitis, and nasal polyps were the abnormal findings in the nose examination of the students, with
turbinate hypertrophy as the most significant number with 12 out of 164 (6.4%) students.
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In table 3, there were 164 students (87.2%) had normal results of nose examination. Turbinate
hypertrophy was found in 12 students (6.4%), slightly different from allergic rhinitis with 10 students
(5.3%). The lowest number was found for nasal polyps, which found in 2 students (1.1%).
The abnormalities that could occur in the nose is turbinate hypertrophy, which can cause upper airway
obstruction and all the accompanying symptoms that vary from less realized until the disconcerting quality of
life. According to one study in Europe, it is known that 20% of patients with chronic nasal obstruction caused
by turbinate hypertrophy (Mrig et al., 2009). The ENT clinic in Tugurejo Hospital on January-December 2015,
the proportion of patients with inferior turbinate hypertrophy by 5.9% or 166 outpatients (Cahyaningtyas,
2017).
From all the abnormalities findings of the throat examination of the students, chronic tonsillitis
was by far the largest in number. Tonsillitis is the most common disease of all diseases recurrent throat.
Chronic tonsillitis generally occurs due to complications of acute tonsillitis, especially those that do not
receive adequate treatment. In addition to the treatment of acute tonsillitis inadequate, predisposing the
onset of other chronic tonsillitis is poor oral hygiene, physical fatigue, and some foods.
In Indonesia, chronic tonsillitis is one of the most often ENT diseases which mainly found in
children. One study about the characteristics of patients with chronic tonsillitis indicated in hospitals
tonsillectomy Raden Mattaher Jambi, 30 samples were obtained from the population. Most of them
were aged 5-14 years (50% ), female gender (56.7%) and had complaints of pain in the throat or pain
swallowing (100%) (Sapitri, 2013). Chronic tonsillitis in children is most prevalent between the ages
of 10-14 years. In children, most commonly found in the female sex. The chief complaint of patients
Chronic tonsillitis in children who are at most painful swallowing repeatedly (Fakh et al., 2016).
The cerumen removal to the students with cerumen impaction was done in this community service.
4. CONCLUSION
Ear disease was the most common findings in the students of Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High
School, Berastagi with 44 students (47.3%). Cerumen impaction was found in 43 students (22.9%) and
had been treated with cerumen removal.
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author wants to express big gratitude towards Lembaga Pengabdian Masyarakat Universitas
Sumatera Utara for the financial support for this community service, under the TALENTA Project 2019,
No. 327/UN5.2.3.2.1/PPM/2019.
Also, credits for the hard work of the team consists of Wina Viqa Sari, Raudah Putri Syari, Sinta
Azhary Ginting, Roni Hikmah Ramadhan, Fahrur Rozi and all the ENT residents of H. Adam Malik
Hospital that have been participated in this event.
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Ent Examination and Cerumen Removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi

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ISSN Printed Version: 2549-4341

ISSN Online Version: 2549-418X

Ent examination and cerumen removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Ear discharge 1 0.5

Throat disease 25 26.9%

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