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A Simple Solution For Swimmer's Ear
It seems that even simple Summer fun comes with risks, and if you're cooling off in the pool this season, you're at risk for swimmer's ear. When your ear is exposed to excess moisture, whether from swimming or bathing, water can become trapped in your ear canal.
The delicate skin inside your ear can then become soggy and begin to break down.
Into Swimming? Avoid Swimmer's Ear
If Michael Phelps and Dara Torres have inspired you to hit the pool, let me warn you about an unwanted side effect of spending lots of time in the water — swimmer's ear. When your ear is exposed to excess moisture, (whether you're swimming or bathing), water can stay trapped in your ear canal. Then the skin inside your ear can become soggy and begin to break down.
Prevent Swimmer's Ear
Your ears are pretty remarkable. Their unique design helps to tip water out of your ear canal, so you can usually bathe, shower, swim, and even walk in the rain with no problems. The ear canal is also acidic which prevents against bacterial and fungal infections.
Is it an Ear Infection? Find Out With EarCheck
If you have young kids, you already know ear infections are a part of childhood. Children are susceptible to them because when they're sick, kids have a hard time getting the mucus out of their body. They're just beginning to learn the vital skill of blowing their nose.
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Swimmer's ear
Overview- Definition
- Alternative Names
- Causes, incidence, and risk factors
- Symptoms
- Signs and tests
- Treatment
- Expectations (prognosis)
- Complications
- Calling your health care provider
- Prevention
Swimmer's ear - chronic
Overview- Definition
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- Causes, incidence, and risk factors
- Symptoms
- Signs and tests
- Treatment
- Expectations (prognosis)
- Complications
- Calling your health care provider
- Prevention
Swimmer's ear
Back HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M Swimmer's ear is an infection of the skin lining the ear canal. Bacteria can enter the skin of the ear canal and cause an infection through a scratch, injury from a foreign object, or if the ear is wet for a prolonged period of time. Swimmer's ear is more common in pre-school and school-age children.Ear infections
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- Home Remedies
- Medications
- Surgery
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- Acute otitis media (AOM) is an inflammation caused by bacteria that travel to the middle ear from fluid trapped in the Eustachian tube. Children with AOM exhibit signs of an ear infection including pain, fever, and tugging at the ear.
- Otitis media with effusion (OME) refers to fluid that accumulates in the middle ear without obvious signs of infection.
Ear discharge
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- Call your health care provider if
- What to expect at your health care provider's office
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