{"id":370418,"date":"2021-07-04T20:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=370418"},"modified":"2021-07-04T20:10:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T19:10:54","slug":"surgeon-warns-against-cotton-bud-earpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=370418","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon warns against cotton bud, earpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">An otolaryngologist, Dr. Julius Idowu has cautioned against insertion of cotton bud into the ear.<br \/>\nThe Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon (ENT) at the Federal Medical Centre Ebute-Meta said cotton buds, feathers and other objects could affect the eardrum.<br \/>\nIdowu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the items could damage the ear skin lining within the auditory meatus and a canal within the inner ear, leading to bacterial infection.<br \/>\nHe said the sweetening sensation might lead to ear impairment as the wool on the bud could get trapped in the ear.<br \/>\n\u201cEar wax is produced naturally by our ears and the ears are self-cleansing. If you want to insert anything at all, insert your elbow; meaning that nothing should be inserted into the ear.\u201d<br \/>\nIdowu noted that cotton bud has proven to disrupt the normal mechanism to which ears can cleanse itself and could further compress the wax.<br \/>\nThe surgeon also issued a warning about listening to loud music and prolonged use of earpiece.<br \/>\n\u201cThe standard unit of sound, called decibel is 80 decibels, 40 hours per week (eight hours per day for five days); any decibel from 90 is dangerous to the ear,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nIdowu listed other causes of impairment as drugs or chromosomal used during pregnancy, direct blows or slap to the ear, head injury and chronic ear discharge.<br \/>\nHe advised youths, those involved in noisy jobs, and every other person to visit and ENT clinic to ensure healthy ears, nose and mouth.<br \/>\nThe expert cited the World Health Organisation (WHO) report which estimated that more than five per cent of the world\u2019s population were suffering from disabling earring loss.<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>(DailyPost)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An otolaryngologist, Dr. Julius Idowu has cautioned against insertion of cotton bud into the ear. The Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon (ENT) at the Federal Medical Centre Ebute-Meta said cotton buds, feathers and other objects could affect the eardrum. Idowu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the items could damage the ear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14571,3],"tags":[16968],"class_list":["post-370418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","tag-ear-infection"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/370419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}