Enter ear wax, a naturally sticky substance produced by special glands in your ear canal. That gunk captures the sloughed-off skin cells and helps them migrate out of the body.

Having something stuck in your ear can not only be painful, it can also be dangerous. Learn how to you remove a foreign object when it’s stuck in your ear canal.

Ear health experts explain the sensation of an itchy inner ear, what causes it, home remedies for itchy ears, and when to see a doctor about the annoying urge.

Some people use rubbing alcohol to treat ear conditions, such as swimmer’s ear or middle and inner ear infections. Learn more here.

Looking closer, the examiners found a foreign body lodged in the skin of the woman's inner ear — it turned out to be a dead tick.

A spider and its molted exoskeleton inside the ear canal of a 64-year-old woman who came to the doctor in April complaining of insomnia caused by an incessant rustling sound in her ear. (New ...

Cotton swabs “really weren’t made to clean your ears — all they do is just push the wax deeper down into your ear canal and this causes an impaction,” Dr. Tonia L. Farmer advised.… ...

Learn home remedies and medical treatments to help ease your dog’s ear infection symptoms and speed up recovery.

How can I avoid it this year? Swimmer’s ear is an infection of the ear canal that can plague water lovers and anyone else who sweats, showers or simply lives in a humid climate.