A MAN was left battling a deadly brain infection after using cotton buds to clean his ears. Doctors believe part of a bud got lodged in the man’s ear five years before he collapsed and suffer…
The 31-year-old was rushed to hospital in Coventry when he suffered a seizure and collapsedA MAN was left battling a deadly brain infection after using cotton buds to clean his ears.
Doctors believe part of a bud got lodged in the man's ear five years before he collapsed and suffered a fit.A man ended up with a deadly brain infection after an ear bud got lodged in his ear years earlierMedics discovered he had a bacterial infection, that started in his ear before spreading to the bone at the base of his skull, before infecting the lining of his brain.
It was impacted and surrounded in ear wax, suggesting it had been there for some time, Dr Charlton's team noted in a The patient spent a week in hospital before taking two months of antibiotics to wipe out the infection.
Dr Charlton said: "At the completion of his course of antibiotics, the patient remained well with no neurological deficit and no ear symptoms.And added they've been linked to ear infections, punctured ear drums and impacted ear wax.
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