The everyday bathroom item that's sending thousands of children to the hospital

Publish Date: Sunday, 2 July 2017, 4:35PM

For a long time medical professionals have been warning not only parents but just about anyone, who uses cotton ear buds to clean their's or their children's ears, to stop or risk damage, yet it still appears to be a major issue.

4 Reasons to not use a #cottonswab to clean ears👂🏼: 1) With the smallest bones in the human body residing right behind our ears, they can be broken simply by using a mere cotton swab. 2) Potentially poking a hole in your eardrum 3) The swab doesn't even remove #earwax (!!) 4) By pushing against the ear drum with a cotton swab, you risk causing hearing and balance complications 👂🏼👀🙀 To read more about why not to clean your ears with a cotton swab, copy/paste this URL: http://info.earwaxmd.com/blog/avoid-cleaning-the-ear-with-a-cotton-swab

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A new study published in The Journal of Pediatrics revealed that from a period of 20 years between 1990 and 2010, more than 263,000 children were being treated for cotton bud related ear injuries in US alone!

The age was from 18 years and under however 67% of those injuries were chidren under 8. Most of the cases were ear drum damage as result of a cotton swab being stuck in the ear canal. Medical professionals reveal that should these incidents persist or if they're not treated correctly, they could lead to hearing loss, dizziness, pain and bleeding.

Nice attempt guys! It is FALSE. Cottons swabs tends to push ear wax further into the ear which can damage your ability to hear. Using cotton swabs can also traumatise the ear drums leading to hearing loss, dizziness, ringing or other symptoms of ear injury. Ear wax is beneficial for your ear’s health our body produces wax to keep our ears lubricated, clean and protected. Dirt, dust and anything else that might enter our ears get stuck to the wax which keeps any such particle from moving down further into the ear canal. In Fact you should not even remove ear wax in the first place. Thanks for participation. #Health#Trivia#Earwax#Cottonswab#25Doctorsquiz

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