Otorinolaryngologists urge not to use cotton swabs for your ears

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experts of the American Academy Otolaryngology states: accidentally leaving a piece of cotton wool in the ear, it is possible to provoke the most dangerous inflammation. According to them, such sticks were not created for the ears, and on their packaging even often it is indicated that these products cannot be used on the inner parts of the ear, nose and eyes. The habit of modern people to clean their ears with cotton swabs, experts say, is a real scourge of the 21st century. 'yer from contamination and bacteria. Ruthlessly cleaning sulfur from their ears, people give pathogens free entrance to their body, which is not protected. “The cotton balls located at the end of the stick can remain in the auditory passage. One of the cases we considered has led to fatal otogenic meningitis and brain abscess, which happened because Wady sticks are almost always formed by huge ear plugs. In addition, when using cotton buds increases the risk of damage to the eardrum and provoke inflammation inside the ear, which threatens the possible development of otitis.