XPost: aus.politics, sac.politics, alt.health   
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   From: miko@msnbc.com   
      
   An Australian woman candidly detailed her experience with a   
   could-have-been deadly infection that occurred after she used   
   cotton swabs to clean out her ears. She’s now warning others to   
   be wary of using the swabs, which technically are not   
   recommended to be used for that purpose.   
      
   The woman, who identified herself only as Jasmine, detailed her   
   experience to the Australian outlet That’s Life! in May. The 37-   
   year-old, who said she used cotton swabs to clean her ears for   
   years, eventually developed a “shrill ringing” in her left ear   
   and also suffered from hearing loss.   
      
   “Cleaning my ears every night with cotton buds, I felt a dull   
   ache as I prodded,” she wrote, noting she had trouble hearing   
   her two young sons, 10-year-old Dylan and 8-year-old Cody.   
      
   Jasmine claims she went to a doctor who prescribed her   
   antibiotics for an ear infection. But she didn’t improve and   
   later noticed a “brown discharge” in her ear before she claims   
   blood began to appear.   
      
   She went to a different doctor, a general practitioner, who,   
   after conducting a hearing test, confirmed she had “moderate   
   deafness” in her left ear. That doctor then recommended Jasmine   
   see an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor.   
      
   The ENT, after evaluating Jasmine, then gave her a diagnosis   
   that she claims made her feel ill.   
      
   The doctor, who Jasmine did not identify, told her she was   
   suffering from a “severe bacterial infection [that] was eating   
   away at my skull behind my ear.”   
      
   The specialist reportedly told her that she “needed surgery   
   yesterday” and she “could die” from the infection. The doctor   
   also told Jasmine she would have to reschedule her honeymoon   
   with her now-husband, Bryon. The two were slated to take the   
   trip in May 2018, but Jasmine’s surgery would prevent her from   
   flying.   
      
   “The next month, I went under the knife to have the infection   
   removed,” she said. “Surgeons had to reconstruct my ear canal   
   and take out the affected tissue during a five-hour surgery.”   
      
   Jasmine said the surgeon who worked on her later told her that   
   the fibers from the cotton swabs became lodged in her ear over   
   the years, leading to the infection.   
      
   “The cotton had been collecting and festering for as long as   
   five years, and my skull bone behind the ear was paper-thin,”   
   she claimed, adding the surgeon told her she “pushed the cotton   
   bud way too far” into her ear.   
      
   "I shudder to think what might have happened if I put off seeing   
   a doctor any longer."   
      
   — Jasmine   
   A year post-op, Jasmine said she is still “struggling to hear”   
   in her left ear but refuses to wear a hearing aid because “her   
   pride has gotten in the way.”   
      
   “I shudder to think what might have happened if I put off seeing   
   a doctor any longer. If I’d gone when I first started hearing   
   the noise, I could’ve saved my hearing,” she said.   
      
   MAN'S SEVERE BACTERIAL INFECTION, SEIZURES PINNED ON COTTON SWAB   
   USED WHILE CLEANING EAR   
      
   “I now try to warn everyone of the dangers of misusing cotton   
   buds. Our ears are such delicate and sensitive parts of our body   
   and need to be treated with care. It’s so scary that my simple   
   act of hygiene could have cost me my life,” she concluded.   
      
   This isn’t the first time someone has developed a serious   
   infection linked to cotton swabs. In March, a 31-year-old   
   British man developed a bacterial infection in his skull that   
   was connected to using cotton swabs to clean his ears. He   
   reportedly experienced memory loss and headaches that made him   
   vomit. He later had a seizure triggered by the infection, which   
   landed him in the hospital.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/health/australian-woman-cotton-swab-ears-   
   infection   
      
   Don't stick the swab in your vagina before using it on your   
   ears, you stupid woman.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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