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Health for human | Not a few people who choose to clean their ears using a cotton bud. Unfortunately, if not careful, it could cause harm, such as ringing in the ears or around the facial nerve paralysis.

According to a recent study, more than 50 percent of patients who come to a specialist Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) often use a cotton bud to scrape dirt in the ear. Although the tip is made of cotton, these tools are still at risk of damaging the eardrum. Apparently not secure a cotton bud ya hehehe

hearing loss commonly experienced by users of a cotton bud is tinnitus or ringing in the ears. While the hard-driven face is a symptom of nerve damage are also induced damage to the eardrum.

Fortunately, recent research conducted by Dr. Ilaaf Darrat, ENT specialist at Henry Ford Hospital, showed that 97 percent damage to the eardrum can heal itself in time average of 2 months. Surgery is only needed if the impact on surrounding facial nerve paralysis.

Research presented at the Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting in Chicago included 1540 patients who suffered damage to the eardrum between the years 2001-2010.

Then how do I clean the dirt right ear?

As reported by detikhealth, a function of earwax protect the ear from damage and infection, so do not need to be cleaned too often. But earwax is also sometimes disrupt the hearing.

The skin on the outer ear canal has special glands that produce earwax - known as cerumen. Each person has a different cerumen. There is a liquid, solid or in the form of dry skin. The color also varies depending on the composition.

Most of the ear canal can clean itself, by way of lining the ear canal skin migrates from the eardrum to the outer ear opening. Old earwax will continue to be transported from the deeper regions of the ear canal toward the exit, usually dry, flake and fall. But when too much earwax, thus forming block the ear canal and disrupt the hearing, then that's when earwax needs to be cleaned.

People will try to use a cotton bud or ear drops earwax when too hard. The use of cotton bud well done when the state of liquid wax and not a little hard. Because if the hard ear wax, then use a cotton bud will actually make the dirt deeper into the ear.

For those who use ear drops, it is important to know in advance that your ear has not been perforated (leaking) eardrum. Using state of ear drops with perforated eardrum can cause infections of the middle ear, and if accompanied by pain, pain or rash, use of eye drops should be discontinued.

At times like this, your doctor may need to clean out the ear wax (known as lavage), with a vacuum, or even clean it with special instruments. To maintain the health and cleanliness of the ear, it helps if you visit a health professional to clean the ear every six months.

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