‘I thought the wax was dirty’: How ‘habitual’ cotton bud use endangers eardrums of Nigerians

Tribune Online‘I thought the wax was dirty’: How ‘habitual’ cotton bud use endangers eardrums of NigeriansFrom hygiene ritual to danger: How cotton bud use endangers eardrums of Nigerians When 47-year-old Bello Issa walked into the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) department of the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, he looked like a man who had lost something more than sleep. “I used cotton buds every night,’ he said,

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