Cotton Buds - The Dangers
Monday, October 14, 2013 - 14:50
in Health & Medicine
“Cotton buds are commonly used to clean the ears, remove wax, in case of itching in the ear, aural toilet in discharging ears and some time as a habit.” – explain Suresh Kumar and Shamim Ahmed of the Department of ENT, at Liaquat University of Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan. They go on to warn that : They supposedly represent a safe means of cleaning the ear and nose. Insertion of cotton tips is not only unnecessary but also potentially dangerous. The conclusion of their study, which tracked cotton bud usage in 100 patients at the ENT Department, of Sir Syed Medical College& Hospital Karachi, (July 2005 to January 2007) is that read more