A man in England has sworn off cleaning his ears with cotton swabs after developing a potentially life-threatening infection that not only affected his hearing, but also spread to the lining of his ...

You've probably used cotton swabs to clean your ears. Here's why ENTs say you shouldn't. (Getty Images) "Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have ...

For many, incorrect Q-tip usage has become an addiction due to their convenience in what some believe “gets the job done”. And while we’ve been reminded for decades about the dangers of inserting the ...

After experiencing painful infections, hearing loss, and a seizure, doctors discovered a piece of the cotton swab lodged in the man's ear canal, surrounded by wax and debris Joelle Goldstein is a ...

Persistent ear itching can signal various issues, from simple earwax buildup and infections to skin conditions like eczema ...

Growing up, we were told that cleaning our ears was standard hygiene. But there’s more and more evidence steering people away from this practice – because it can do more harm than good. Recent ...

Cotton buds are perhaps the most common tool used by children to clean their ears. But they may be doing more harm than good, says a paper published in the National Library of Medicine. The study ...

An Australian woman has warned of the dangers of misusing cotton swabs after a life-threatening infection eroded her skull and left her with permanent hearing loss. The woman identified only as ...

The most common injury among young children was a tearing, or rupturing, of the tissue that separates the ear canal from the middle ear. MinnPost’s reporters work hard to bring you news about what’s ...

Instead of removing earwax from our ears, cotton swabs are just as likely to push wax up against the eardrum, causing it to become impacted and muffling our hearing. Credit: Photo by Sharon McCutcheon ...

The doctors’ advice hasn’t changed much, but it’s still so unsatisfying: You should not use cotton swabs to clean your ears. Updated clinical guidelines published Tuesday in the journal Otolaryngology ...

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