[Greatmindsthinkalot] Cotton Swabs in Ears can Kill?

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I try not to clean my ears with cotton swabs while riding roller

coasters.

 

" I just wanted you to know "

 

Posted by: " Rebecca " tari_and_beren   tari_and_beren

Tue Feb 5, 2008 2:34 pm (PST)

The Quebec coroner's office says cotton swab manufacturers should warn

consumers about putting their product in their ears after a man died

from related complications.

" I think we should go one step further, and maybe have a pictogram on

the package, with a little ear and a red X mark, " Quebec coroner Dr.

Jacques Ramsay suggested.

In a report released Tuesday, Ramsay said using a cotton swab even once

to clean inside ears can lead to fatal consequences.

Ramsay investigated the death of Montreal resident Daniel St-Pierre, who

died in March 2007, two days after he accidentally pierced his eardrum

with a cotton swab.

St-Pierre, 43, died of meningitis-induced intracranial complications

caused by a bacterial ear infection that he developed after accidentally

piercing his eardrum with a cotton swab while trying to treat a painful

earache.

While the medical community is aware of dangers presented by cotton

swabs, ordinary people often aren't, Ramsay said.

The best way to clean inside one's ear is with the little finger, he

said.

 

Re: Cotton Swabs in Ears can Kill?

Posted by: " debra fauvor " debrafauvor   debrafauvor

Tue Feb 5, 2008 6:03 pm (PST)

They've been telling them not to do that, what with all those people

getting them stuck in their ears. I knew a lady that had to have a

doctor take a tip of a cosmetic swab out of her ear.