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Some points from ENT's about swimmers ear and how to treat it and when to seek additional help. It's a part of the choosing wisely campaign to aid PCPs.
Swimmer's Ear is usually caused by water activating spores of Pseudomonas in the external auditory canal...Preventiion can be accopmpished by merely using a hair dryer to dry out your ears real good after swimming, bathing, being water-boarded, etc.
Good to know. Think he is going to stop swimming for awhile. LOL
No need to stop swimming. Just hit the ear drops once he gets out of the pool. You can get a small bottle of it at Walgreens, etc. and it goes right in my swim bag.
Swimmer's Ear is usually caused by water activating spores of Pseudomonas in the external auditory canal...Preventiion can be accopmpished by merely using a hair dryer to dry out your ears real good after swimming, bathing, being water-boarded, etc.
Pseudomonas is an aerobic gram negative rod that is a the group of lactose non-fermentors and non-spore forming.
The single characteristic that everybody remembers and quite unique is the green fluorescent protein it produces on media.
Swimmer's Ear is usually caused by water activating spores of Pseudomonas in the external auditory canal...Preventiion can be accopmpished by merely using a hair dryer to dry out your ears real good after swimming, bathing, being water-boarded, etc.
If someone is being water-boarded, I would think Swimmer's Ear would be the least of their concerns!
i love swimming, but as a teenager and young adult had to stop altogether swimming with my head underwater, and even avoid getting water in my ears at all even when i shower, because i kept getting ear infections so bad. So for decades all my swimming (i still love to swim) has has been with my head above water.
with every accident or injury i've ever had, getting in the pool has aided my recovery time, comfort level, and decreased pain significantly.
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Think he is going to stop swimming for awhile. LOL
