COTTON BUDS: A Must Read!

[inkubuz]

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Article ni siya gkan sa akong email...
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My husband had ear pain for a very long time, sometimes he would just visit a private doctor and get some antibiotics and ear drops and after applying it over a few days, the pain would be gone. He got a habit of using cotton buds to clean his ear canals everyday after his bath. Just normal cotton buds that we can purchase at any shop at 3 for $1.

Lately, the problem became quite serious to the fact that he couldn't sleep at night and one day, unable to control the pain even after taking his medicine... He went to see a doctor in the middle of the night and was referred to the Alexandra Hospital where they prescribed stronger antibiotics and an appointment to see a specialist. Upon visiting the specialist, he advised my husband to never use a cotton bud to clean his ears again, after using a special equipment to remove whatever dirt was remaining very deep in the ear as a result of using the cotton bud.

The doctor said that cotton bud was never invented to clean ear canals but to clean superficial items or just surface wounds and to apply medicine.Small pieces or particles on the cotton bud tend to remain in the ear canal and that gives opportunity for bacteria to breed and by using a cotton bud, the dirt in the ear is actually being thrust further into the ear canal, hindering its self-clearing process. Some people tend to thrust the cotton bud very deep into the ear and this may result in the damage of the ear drum and a operation may be needed to correct the problem.

The doctor's advised was to use olive oil, just one or two drops into the ear once a month and the ear will actually cleanse itself, thereafter to use a tissue paper to clean just the outermost part of the ear.

My husband has since stopped using cotton buds and has fully recovered. The above piece of information is given by the specialist at Hospital. You may check with any doctor to verify the information.

unsai masulti ninyo bout ani mga ka-istoryans
tnx for reading...quite long..but informative...

[diem]

[color=navy]^^Add to that, please read the information on the following link.

http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=...detail&ref=461

[har86vey]

kada adlaw man sad diay cya mag gamit og cotton buds...di mana advisable.

[bluefairy]

naka suway ko anang impacted cerumen. ingon ang doctor na buy daw anang earscoop para clean instead of cotton buds.
i never used it though coz i read in an article na we should never pud anything smaller than our elbow inside our ears.
ambot oi, galibog na nuon ko.

[bluefairy]

kada adlaw man sad diay cya mag gamit og cotton buds...di mana advisable.

unsaon man oi, everyday pud ko mag cotton buds. feel man gud nako oily kaayo akong ears basta di ko ka cotton buds.

[inkubuz]

we can't deny it..
nindot sd ang feeling kung manglimpyo sa dunggan...

[diem]

[color=navy]I think it's okay to use cottonbuds daily but apply it very gently against the inner surface of one's ear.

[GAZ907]

everyday sad ko mag cotton buds..waman ni sakit ako ear...thanks for the info

[zer0_cooL]

mao sad ingon sa ako doctor....

laast nov nagka ear infection ko na katol kaayo xa miski mana ug limyo.. nya ako ra gibaliwala then pagka january naka notice man ko na naa tubig sa ako ears... az in motulo xa.. eeewww.. pro dli b**g hap.. tubig jud xa.. motunga then mawala ra ug kalit so mao to nagpa tan-aw ko ug specialist... nagka fungal infection diay to.. ang reason kay kana btaw basa ang ears then dli matrapohan and kana sad daw paggamit ug cotton buds.. so ana xa na dli jud daw ko paggamiton ug cotton buds.. sa outside kay pwede pro sa inside kay no-n jud daw.. so mao to wla ko migamit ug cotton buds nya kay tempting man jud ning cotton buds.. manguhit man jud.. so gamit ko ug balik.. now karn naka notice nasad ko na nagkatol na pud... balik na pud ko ani.. kasab-an jud ko ani buhu

[jntio]

hehe. everydy sb bya ko mg gamit ug cbuds