Earwax Removal: New Guidelines Released
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 09:49
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have issued the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health-care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction. Cerumen, commonly called "earwax," is not really a "wax" but a water-soluble mixture of secretions (produced in the outer third of the ear canal), plus hair and dead skin, that serves a protective function for the ear. Cerumen is a natural product that should not be routinely removed unless impacted.
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