By ULY CLINIC

 

Foreign Body in the Ear

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Introduction

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Usually happens in children. Common foreign bodies include beads, stones and seeds (bean, maize, orange). In adults foreign bodies include cotton bud and insect      

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Non-Pharmacological Treatment:

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• Restrain the child

• Remove using a cerumen hook under direct vision (if the child cannot be restrained, sedation is advised)

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An insect should be killed (by soaking the ear canal with normal saline or spirit) before removal 

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Updated on, 31.10.2020

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References

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1. STG