HEALTH GUIDE: AVOIDABLE MISTAKES IN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN YOUR EARS

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.(Genesis 2.15). Friends, the passage above can as well be related to our body.God has created your body to shield your soul and the spirit, in the same way that God created the man and the woman and put them in the garden.He instructed them pointedly that it is absolutely their responsibilities to take care of the garden.Therefore it is absolutely our responsibilities to take care of our body.Taking care of our body must be given top priority.It is in this light that i have brought to you mistakes you can avoid while attempting to take care of the ears which God has given to you for hearing.God bless you.

Attempting to clean regularly                                                                                                   Most people actually never need to clean their ears. “Ears are self-cleaning,” Dr. Chernobilsky explains. “It is the only part of the body in which the skin grows in a direction, and brings the wax and skin debris out from the canal to the outer ear.” (When you move your jaw and chew, you’re assisting this process.) Some people have more earwax than others, but in general, the ears make the amount of wax they need. The yellow-orange substance—technically known as cerumen—protects the skin in the ear canal by lubricating it and preventing it from filling up with water. “It’s a natural skin lotion,” Dr. Chernobilsky says. “Cerumen also has properties which kill certain types of bacteria and prevent the growth of fungus.” So instead of digging for treasure in your ear canals, wait for the wax to loosen on its own and reach the outer ear. Then gently brush it out with a wash cloth.                
Inserting cotton swabs:Cotton swabs are bathroom staples, but they’re not meant for use in the ears. It even says so on most packaging. The rigid, pointy shape can damage the skin, eardrum, and ossicles. Swabs can also push the wax in deeper and cause impaction, Dr. Chernobilsky says. One more unpleasant possibility: the cotton head can pop off in your ear canal. If that happens, you need to see a doc to have it removed. 

Inserting any pointy objects: 
“People will stick just about anything they can think of into their ears when they feel discomfort—their long finger nails, bobby pins, sewing needles, keys, to name a few.” Anything sharp or shaped similarly to a cotton swab will pose the same risks of cutting the skin and damaging the inner and outer ear.                                                    

 Candling: 
This practice involves placing a hollow, cone-shaped candle into the ear. The heat of the flame supposedly creates a vacuum effect, drawing wax to the candle. While some folks have anecdotal tales of success with candling, research has shown it’s bunk, and Dr. Chernobilsky considers it extremely dangerous: “I have seen eardrum perforations and burns from people’s hair catching on fire.” Yep, we’ll pass!  
                                                       
Rinsing with a syringe: 
 “While this method is generally safe if done right, you are doing it blindly, and you can get a swimmer’s ear if the ear isn’t dried properly when you are done,” Dr. Chernobilsky says. In short: Your ears are not the place to build your own irrigation system. For further reading visit health.com