He had an infection in the head while rubbing his ears with tampons

The swabs they constitute a hygiene element that generates controversies. In fact, a study conducted in the United States revealed that they cause more problems than they do not intend and that they are not effective in eliminating the wax. This 31 year old can say without fear that this is true, at least in his case.

The young Englishman used it regularly to mop his ears. About five years ago He began to notice hearing problems and left ear pain.. He was treated twice for ear infections, but nothing indicated what would happen next.

Ten days before being taken to the emergency, he again felt pain in the same area and migraines were added so severe that they caused vomiting. In addition, he began to have trouble remembering people's names. Finally, He had epileptic seizures and faintedso he was transferred to the clinic.

There, they performed a tomography and the images revealed two inflamed areas at the base of the skull. He was diagnosed Necrotizing otitis externa, an infection in the soft tissues of the external auditory cbad, and they performed a small surgical operation to explore the area that goes from the ear to the eardrum.

In this procedure, they found the source of the problem: a piece of cotton had been left in the ear. This caused the bacterial infection and the aforementioned drawbacks. According to the report published in the scientific journal BMJ case reportsthe part of the hyssop was covered with wax and debris, so that they do not know when it got stuck.

The doctors believe that the infection started in the ear cbadit has spread to the bone at the base of the skull and has reached the membranes that line the central nervous system (meninges). In this sense, they suspect that the toxins of the bacteria or the pressure of the brain product of the infection could have triggered convulsions.

The cotton of the man was removed during the surgery. He spent a week in the hospital and received antibiotics for two months to treat the infection. Currently, there was no follow-up and he lives under oath, recommended by his doctors: he will never use hyssop again