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How To Treat Accidental Insertion Of Cotton Into Ear?

I got out of the shower and I always use q tips to get the water out from around my ear but not in it. I was looking at my phone while I was using a q tip on my right ear I felt like it went to far in and then I heard something when I pulled out the q Tip the cotton part was gone. I told my siblings but they said I would feel something but when I was looking around in the bathroom I couldn t find a cotton part so I m wondering should I visit a doctor or what should I do
Thu, 9 Oct 2014
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HI.
The best way to confirm and remove the cotton ball of a qtip is to visit a Doctor as he will have the proper instruments and light source to remove if it is present. Secondly, The Doctor can inspect the ear for any possibility of an injury to the skin of the canal wall or to the eardrum.
Please do not instill any drops or anything in the ear.
In the meantime ask your siblings or parents to put a torch-light inside and if the cotton is superficial and within easy reach and have some sort of twitters they can simply pull it out. Try once only- never repeatedly.

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How To Treat Accidental Insertion Of Cotton Into Ear?

HI. The best way to confirm and remove the cotton ball of a qtip is to visit a Doctor as he will have the proper instruments and light source to remove if it is present. Secondly, The Doctor can inspect the ear for any possibility of an injury to the skin of the canal wall or to the eardrum. Please do not instill any drops or anything in the ear. In the meantime ask your siblings or parents to put a torch-light inside and if the cotton is superficial and within easy reach and have some sort of twitters they can simply pull it out. Try once only- never repeatedly.