How-to: care for your ears
Anyone who’s suffered the pain of an ear infection knows how intense it can be. Left untreated, ear infections can rapidly take over the body and attack your immunity, resulting in fever and nausea. The best way to stop the pain of ear infection is to prevent it in the first place with a suitable ear care routine. Here’s how…
Avoid smoke
Cigarette smoke can get into your ears and affect their ability to function properly, which can lead to infection – so where possible, avoid long periods of exposure to smoke.
Stay away sick people
Don’t put yourself in the line of fire. Avoid close contact with people suffering from colds or the flu – either of these illnesses can easily result in ear ache.
Wash, wash wash!
Wash your hands regularly and if possible, carry a handbag-sized bottle of antibacterial gel with you so you can freshen up at any time and keep the germs that cause ear infection away.
Don’t go OTT with the cotton buds
How would you like it if someone was constantly poking and prodding you? You’d end up irritated and agitated! The same goes for your ears. Overdoing it with the cotton buds can cause inflammation and irritation and being too rough can potentially damage the fragile tissue of your inner ear, so stick to cleaning out your ear wax once a week, not once a day.
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Yes dont clean your ears too much or it can cause your ears to create even more wax
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Thank you, I'll tone it down on cleaning the ears with cotton buds daily. I thought I was doing something good for them.
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Don't use cotton buds as they can push the dirt further in :(
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Really interesting. It's good to learn something new.
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Another thing, and this is so overlooked by so many including myself, .... Check the water quality that you swim in ... I went swimming years ago and the water quality was 'unswimmable' unbeknownst to anyone that day.... I ended up with thrush in my ear and a burst ear drum... my ear has caused me constant trouble ever since.
Avoid getting water in your ear. HIGHLY suggest ear plugs.
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Once in a long while , I have to use Waxsol drops as sometimes wax can build up from the dirt around us and you can lose a bit of hearing if the ears are not cleared .
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wow I had no idea that cig smoke getting into the could cause problems but it makes sense now I think about it. Luckily I avoid cig smoke wherever I go anyhow.
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Its good to only clean your ear out when needed. Otherwise it can be too harsh. I find cotton buds shouldnt go too deep into the ear anyway only in the outer ear area.
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I didn't know cigarette smoke hurt ears.
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Thanks for the great tips once again
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great tips! didn;t know there was ear care hahaha
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When I was young I used to suffer ear infections, but I seem to have outgrown them, if that's possible.
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Who'd have thought smoke could cause an infection? Good advice there bh.
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Good advice, didn't know how much smoke could efect ones ears,thanks.
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'How would you like it if someone was constantly poking and prodding you' lol that made me laugh! great tips! i didnt know ears were so sensitive either, but i keep up with that routine anyway :)
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useful tips.. thanks for sharing :)
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