How do I keep my ear peircings from getting infected?

Cleaning Use one or both of the following solutions for healing piercing: * Sterile saline, without additives (read the label) or iodized sea salt mixture: Dissolve 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon non-iodized sea salt (no iodine) in a cup (about 230 grams ) of warm distilled or bottled water. A stronger mixture is not better. If saline solution is too strong can irritate your piercing. * A solution like odorless liquid soap, preferably anti-microbial or germicidal. Instructions for cleaning piercing * Wash hands thoroughly before cleaning or before touching your piercing for any reason. * Apply saline solution for five to ten minutes or more every day. Solution: Put a cup of warm saline solution on the area to form a vacuum. For certain piercings it may be easier to apply using clean gauze or paper towels saturated with saline. A brief rinse will remove any residue after. * Soap is not used more than once or twice a day. While showering, put a drop of soap the size of a pearl to clean the jewelry and piercing. Do not let the cleaning solution on the piercing for more than thirty seconds. * Drying is done by blotting with clean paper towels unicaa use. Cloth towels can harbor bacteria that can infilatra on piersing, causing infenctii. JEWELRY: * If there is a problem with the size, style, or material in jewelry initial jewelry leaves room for the entire period of healing. Visit staff to perform any jewelry change that becomes necessary during healing. * Contact person making za piercing jewelry must be removed if (if we would need a medical procedure). For body piercing jewelry there is no alternative to metal. * Do not disturb the jewelry in place. Even healed piercings can shrink or close in minutes after being removed from their jewelry, even if the piercing was there for years. This work varies from person to person. If you like your piercing, keep jewelry in and not leave empty hole. * With clean hands or paper product, be sure to check regularly if threads are tight jewelry. * Keep always with you a "ball" (end to pierce the thread) clean backup in case of loss or breakage. * If you decide you do not I want the piercing, simply remove the jewelry and continue cleaning until the hole closes. In most cases, very small traces remain. * In the event that an infection is suspected, quality jewelry or an alternative should be left in place to allow for drainage. If the jewelry is removed, the surface cells can close leaving the infection inside the piercing channel, resulting in an abscess. Even when an infection is eliminated jewel was kept in place.

Daily cleaning is needed with some peroxide or alcohol after scrubbing with soap and water. Also clean everything you wear in your piercings with alcohol. Make sure your hands are clean. If it doesn't get better in a couple days - call you doctor. There might be something at the local drug store that might work better for you or you might need a topical and oral antibiotic (if the infections merits). Good luck!