According to the Jiangsu public news channel "News 360" reported: Love ear day, let's talk about ear picking, that is, plucking ears, ear picking as a folk craft, is now popular throughout the country, nanjing streets and alleys, there are a variety of ear picking shops, why are you keen on ear picking? What are the hidden risks behind the ear picking?
【Comfort? Good experience but also hidden risks】
Peacock feathers brush over the face, the sound hammer buzzes in the ears, ear spoons, ear pickpockets, tweezers, etc. "take turns", to give the ears a "deep cleaning", this is the more popular ear picking service. The reporter visited and found that the current price of ear picking in the Nanjing market is cheap fifty or sixty yuan per time, and the more expensive one is one or two hundred yuan, and many people say that the experience is good.
Ear picking is very comfortable, which is how most people feel, but at the same time, many people say that the risk of ear picking is also very large. Mr. Liu, a resident of Nanjing, said that he had done an ear picking before, which later caused the infection.
Mr. Liu told reporters that at that time, when doing foot therapy packages, the store sent ear picking services, and by the way, it was done. Later, Mr. Liu felt uncomfortable in his ears, sometimes accompanied by symptoms of tinnitus and itchy ears.
After the doctor's examination, it was found that Mr. Liu had caused a fungal infection of the ear canal because of ear picking.
【Beware! 】 Inflammation of the outer ear is mostly related to ear picking.
According to experts, there are many patients like Mr. Liu who cause bacterial infections because of ear picking, especially in patients with external ear canal inflammation, one-third of whom are related to ear picking. The main reason is that the staff of the ear picking shop is not skilled in operation, and the other is that the disinfection of the utensils is not in place.
Ding Xiaoqiong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Affiliated University of Southeast University, introduced that ear picking is easy to cause ear canal infection, there are two problems, one is a bacterial infection, ear picking breaks the ear canal, causing bacterial infection, the ear will be painful and swollen, swollen and pus; the other ear collection will cause fungal infection, a lot of ear picking and pinching feet together, many people have foot fungal disease, commonly known as "athlete's foot", after pinching the foot, the hands and tools are not strictly disinfected, and then when the ear is collected, the fungus is brought to the ear canal.
The reporter noted that the professional appliances used in the hospital must go through strict procedures such as high temperature disinfection, and in the ear picking store, the staff is generally sprayed with alcohol, which is difficult to completely kill bacteria. In addition, experts said that the human ear canal is a micro-ecological natural balance of the environment, under normal circumstances, the accumulation of earwax will be naturally discharged, often ear picking will break the balance, bringing safety hazards.
Ding Xiaoqiong said that the cerumen of the ear canal can be discharged from the ear canal mouth through the movement of chewing and the growth of the skin of the ear canal, and it does not need to be cleaned out with the help of external forces. There are a lot of sensory nerves around the ear, so gently stimulating these nerves will make people feel comfortable, but the risk of ear picking is far greater than this degree of comfort.
The doctor reminds that if the public really wants to pick ears, they must go to regular stores, pay special attention to whether the ear collection tools have been cleaned and disinfected, and in the process of ear picking, if there is pain, hearing loss and other manifestations, they should immediately stop ear picking and go to the hospital in time.
Jiangsu TV reporter/Qian Jin Pan Yue Suqian TAI Editor/Hu Chao
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