Last Updated on 2020-01-02 , 11:32 am
Cleaning your ears is one of those things greatest things in life that people never talk about. Mostly because it’s like poop, so “adult” conversations don’t really revolve around things like that.
But cleaning is great. It’s that feeling of being clean, and like experiencing a whole new world.
Anyway, the incident today shows us that most of us probably don’t know how to clean ear poop properly.
Which is that most people actually don’t need to.
Warning: bloody image ahead.
A loose strand from cotton buds caused infection
Jasmine Small, a 38-year-old Australian mom of four, had hearing problems in her left ear for months in 2016. She also experienced pain when cleaning her ears, and saw a smelly, brown discharge that sometimes has blood.
She went to a doctor and was given antibiotics for a year, but those didn’t help.
Finally, in 2017, she was referred to a ear, nose and throat specialist.
A CT scan revealed an infection inside her ear that is caused by a loose strand of cotton from cotton buds.
It was extremely close to her brain, and the doctor said she would have died if this was delayed further.
Hearing permanently damaged
She needed an immediate operation and had to postpone her honeymoon. The operation was successful but it did not manage to restore her hearing.
She has the option of having another surgery to try to restore it, or have a hearing aid installed.
It is believed that the small strand of cotton could have been in her hear from as early as 2014. Back in 2014, Jasmine already experienced some ear-aches, but it wasn’t until 2016 that hearing started to fade.
Don’t use cotton buds to clean ears
Now, to the fact that Goody Feed has been repeating countless times: The American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery’s guidelines for Dos and Don’t of Earwax (cerumen) recommends to not put anything, including cotton buds, in your ears.
Items like cotton buds can actually push earwax further in, and for most people, earwax doesn’t actually cause a problem and the excess will be discharged naturally by the body.
Ear wax actually protects your ear canal from water, insects, trauma, infection and other foreign bodies.
So what about some people who really do have earwax buildup problems? You should visit an actual doctor, and he/she will recommend methods like ear irrigation or aural toilet after examining the cause of your excess wax.
Also, ear candling is proven to be dangerous and ineffective by medical research.
Take care of your ears, people.
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