External otitis, tympanic perforation, facial paralysis… The cotton swab, our ears’ worst enemy

2023-06-19 06:19:22

Earwax blockage, otitis externa, eardrum perforation, various traumas, facial paralysis, etc. The cotton swab is harmful to our ears, and its auricular use is unanimously discouraged. In 2017, researchers estimated that 260,000 visits to American pediatric emergency rooms each year were motivated by trauma inflicted by a cotton swab.

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