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  2. Hemotympanum - Wikipedia

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    Following nasal surgery or frequent nosebleeds, gauze or cotton may be inserted into the nose to stop the bleeding. This process is called therapeutic nasal packing. Nasal packing sometimes causes blood to back up into the middle ear, causing hemotympanum. Removing the packing may allow the blood to drain from the ear.

  3. Are Q-tips Really Dangerous? - AOL

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    Q-tip use can cause some not so pleasant side effects from eardrum perforations to wax impaction or minor injuries. Most people don't need to do anything special for ear cleaning: the ear is self ...

  4. “The Q-Tip is still sticking in their ear, and then [something happens and] the Q-Tip goes through the ear drum. So then you have what’s called a conductive hearing loss because you punctured ...

  5. Bloody ears and worried flyers: Travelers describe scary ...

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    Purser said that she went to the hospital and was diagnosed with a ruptured eardrum. She was prescribed antibiotic drops to prevent infection, steroids and nose spray.

  6. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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    •Boyle Davis mouth gag: to keep the mouth open and depress the tongue to operate within or through the mouth; operations in which it is used: tonsillectomy, operation of palate, pharynx, nasopharynx. •Jenning's mouth gag-do- Draffin's bipod metallic stand and Magauran's plate: used to hold the Boyle Davis mouth gag fitted head in a ...

  7. Cotton swab - Wikipedia

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    In 1926, the legend was changed to read "Q-Tips Baby Gays", and in 1927 an application was made to register the mark "Q-Tips Baby Gays". Sometime after 1926, the words "Baby Gays" were dropped and the concern began to develop "Q-Tips" as its identifying mark, applying for registration of it on September 14, 1933. [ 7 ]

  8. Why using Q-Tips to clean your ears can be more harmful ... - AOL

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    Hygiene is a major key to remaining healthy and happy. Using the right tools properly is a key. And some experts say Q-tips and cotton swabs aren't a good method for cleaning your ears.

  9. Cholesteatoma - Wikipedia

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    Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. [1] [2] Cholesteatomas are not cancerous as the name may suggest, but can cause significant problems because of their erosive and expansile properties.