It used to be that is you had a heavy wax buildup in your ears, your doctor or a nurse or PA would clean it out for you.
-
It used to be that is you had a heavy wax buildup in your ears, your doctor or a nurse or PA would clean it out for you.
But starting about ten years ago, that changed. Now they just tell you to buy an ear-cleaning kit with fluid from a pharmacy and do it yourself.
At least, that's how it is in the USA now. I wonder if it's like that in other parts of the world?
-
T #medicine shared this topic on
-
It used to be that is you had a heavy wax buildup in your ears, your doctor or a nurse or PA would clean it out for you.
But starting about ten years ago, that changed. Now they just tell you to buy an ear-cleaning kit with fluid from a pharmacy and do it yourself.
At least, that's how it is in the USA now. I wonder if it's like that in other parts of the world?
Fairly sure we've always just cleaned our ears normally, perhaps with a Q-Tip now and then...
-
It used to be that is you had a heavy wax buildup in your ears, your doctor or a nurse or PA would clean it out for you.
But starting about ten years ago, that changed. Now they just tell you to buy an ear-cleaning kit with fluid from a pharmacy and do it yourself.
At least, that's how it is in the USA now. I wonder if it's like that in other parts of the world?
@Quasit Everyone always cleans everything themselves with cotton swabs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_swab -
It used to be that is you had a heavy wax buildup in your ears, your doctor or a nurse or PA would clean it out for you.
But starting about ten years ago, that changed. Now they just tell you to buy an ear-cleaning kit with fluid from a pharmacy and do it yourself.
At least, that's how it is in the USA now. I wonder if it's like that in other parts of the world?
@Quasit The Netherlands. You go to your GP, an assistent will clean your ears. Q-tips are not advised, because they push the wax deeper into the ear.
-
R ActivityRelay shared this topic on
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better đź’—
Register Login