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Study: Cotton swabs prove problematic for ear health
Henry Ford Health System ^
| April 28, 2011
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Posted on 04/28/2011 3:07:30 PM PDT by decimon
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04/28/2011 3:07:34 PM PDT
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decimon
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04/28/2011 3:08:27 PM PDT
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decimon
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:12:12 PM PDT
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laker_dad
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:13:21 PM PDT
by
Fido969
To: decimon
How are we supposed the beans that our mothers warned us about? :^)
To: decimon
We need the picture of Zero with the handkerchief in both ears scrubbing his tiny brain!
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:13:46 PM PDT
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: decimon
I would get ear infections if I didn’t twirl a cotton swab deep in the ears to soak up moisture after showering.
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:16:47 PM PDT
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Teflonic
To: decimon
To: mkmensinger
You use a vacuum cleaner hose. Same way you get watermelon seeds out!
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:20:44 PM PDT
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: decimon
To: Teflonic
By doing that you’re damaging your hearing in the long run by damaging the cilia in the ear canal.
To: decimon
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:23:24 PM PDT
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: decimon
Well goodness, you are not supposed to jam then all the way down in there as hard as you can! OK, here’s an idea. Idiots should not clean out their own ears...
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:24:00 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(A tick stole my tagline....)
To: decimon
I wish that there were improvements in dealing with tinnitus. To hear a ding-ding-ding constantly is nerve-whacking.
To: decimon
DETROIT – A study by Henry Ford Hospital shows a direct association between cotton swab use and ruptured eardrum.
And the cost of that study was how much? Doctors have been warning against Q-tips for at least 30 years........
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:25:02 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(It's a beautiful day and I'm glad I can see it in color.......)
To: buccaneer81
For some reason it seems humorous to me that you’re giving ear advice when your nickname is buck an ear! :)
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posted on
04/28/2011 3:25:02 PM PDT
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brytlea
(A tick stole my tagline....)
To: decimon
Here is an idea, don’t punch through your eardrum with Q Tips.
To: buccaneer81
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04/28/2011 3:27:15 PM PDT
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: decimon
“But if the cotton swab is pushed too far in the ear canal, it can cause serious damage, including ruptured eardrum, also known as tympanic membrane perforations (TMP).”
Well duh! What are these people doing, driving the swab in with a hammer? Human stupidity never ceases to amaze me. I’ve seen no less than three people over the years at work go to the hospital after pushing an ear plug into the ear canal.
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04/28/2011 3:29:54 PM PDT
by
Figment
("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
To: brytlea
Hilarious... just one of the things idiots should not do.
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