Despite the fact that many people use it, this element is extremely harmful to health. Here are the reasons.
Many times we find ourselves in an awkward situation: we have wax in our ears and we don’t know how to clean them. The vast majority choose the swab as a solution, but this is not a recommended option.
In fact, one expert has pointed out that doing so brings more harm than good. This is Dr. Suraj Kukadia, known as Dr. Sooj on his TikTok account where he has more than 127 thousand followers.
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One of Dr. Sooj’s latest videos that went viral begins with this trigger: “How to clean your ears routinely and safely?” to which the doctor replied: “The answer to this is very, very simple: don’t do it. Don’t mess with the ears. Do not insert anything smaller than your elbow into the ears not even in the nose.”
He also clarified that, although having earwax can be annoying, it acts as a protective barrier to prevent dirt, whether germs or dust, from entering the eardrum. “If you start putting things in your ear to try to get it out, like swabs or tissues, without realizing it you will be pushing the wax against the eardrumIn really unfortunate cases, it can even cause the eardrum to burst, and that’s a situation you don’t want to be in,” the expert explains.
In conclusion, Dr. Sooj recommended Clean only the outside of the ear if necessary. Otherwise, aggressive cleaning of the inside of the ear can cause anything from pus and blood secretion, hearing loss to dizziness and unbearable ear pain, such as tinnitus.
Source: Ambito
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