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5,000 cases of "eardrum puncture" in 5 years!

World Health:5,000 cases of eardrum puncture in 5 years! Otorhinolaryngologist pleads: please do n’t take your cotton swabs to your earsIf you like to pick your ears with ...

Apr 17,2020 | SHELLEY

5,000 cases of "eardrum puncture" in 5 years! Otorhinolaryngologist pleads: please do n’t take your cotton swabs to your earsIf you like to pick your ears with a cotton swab, it's best to stop doing it now.Otolaryngologists in Europe and the United States have confirmed that ear swabbing with cotton swabs can easily cause eardrum rupture, and more than 5,000 emergency cases have been received in the United States in the past five years, half of which are caused by cotton swabs.

European and American ENT experts randomly checked the emergency medical records of 100 hospitals and clinics in the United States, and found that most of the patients with "eardrum perforation" were under 18 years old, of which 60% were due to "insertion of ear canal instruments", and cotton swabs The proportion is half.ENT experts pointed out that the result of this survey is to hope that people "do not clean their ears with cotton swabs." Previous research has confirmed that cotton swabs have very little cleaning effect on the ears. Instead, they will push the earwax deeper. "Cotton swabs may Some earwax will be stained, which makes people who have clear ears feel a sense of accomplishment, but in fact, 5 to 10 times the earwax may be pushed into the inside by cotton swabs.

In addition, if a foreign body such as a cotton swab is inserted into the ear, it is also easy to scratch the ear canal, puncture the eardrum, and the ear bones fall off, causing people to suffer from hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus, or inflammation of the ear canal.

ENT experts suggest that the best way to clean is to "do nothing". In order to keep the ear canal open, the body will secrete "ear wax", which forms ear wax after it is combined with air pollution.By talking or eating, the earwax is automatically delivered to the ear canal, and will fall out whenever you take a regular bath.People often have misconceptions about protecting the ears, and ENT doctors have been tireless in calling for not to dug ears.If you, relatives or friends have similar habits, remember to be careful with this approach!

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