Advice: everyone who loves to pull out their ears, sooner or later, will have to suffer 4 major consequences! Advise you to be merciful

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I. Does a crease in the ear mean coronary heart disease, a sign of heart attack or sudden death?

The ear crease is an oblique fold that starts between the ear screens at a 45° angle and is longer than 1/3 of the earlobe, and can be seen on one or both sides of the earlobe. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.

The idea that "earlobe creases indicate coronary artery disease" is not an idle one, but comes from a 1974 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by a scholar named Frank ST. or more cardiovascular risk factors.

In the following decades, researchers have also looked at the relationship between ear folds and coronary heart disease from various perspectives. One meta-analysis pooled these decades of research. The results found that 62% of people with ear folds also had coronary heart disease, and 67% of people with no ear folds did not have coronary heart disease.

So can you tell if you have coronary heart disease by having a crease in your ear?

In response, Dr. Zeng Weijie, deputy chief of cardiovascular medicine at the Sixth Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, said that there may be a link between ear folds and coronary heart disease, but folds are not the absolute and only indicator. Ageing, gender differences, sleeping position, inflammation, edema, and other factors may also contribute to ear creases.

Also, the real risk factors for coronary heart disease are actually obesity, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Instead of worrying about the ear crease, it is better to take control of your body mass and control the three high indices.

Two, why is it often itchy in the ear, but nothing comes out?

Itchy ears are a common occurrence because the nerves in the ear are irritated and the ear feels itchy. The most common cause of itchy ears is earwax deposits, which may be relieved with a little digging.

1. Allergic reactions

Eczema of the local skin of common ears, mostly seen in infants and children, is caused by allergic reactions due to skin irritation from contact with breast milk. There are also people with allergic rhinitis with itchy nose, itchy palate, and itchy ear canal.

2. Foreign bodies in the external ear canal

Itching of the ear canal caused by a foreign body in the ear, resulting in ear canal sensitivity. Larger foreign bodies can cause ear pain and tinnitus, hearing loss, etc. The deeper the location of the foreign body, the more pronounced the symptoms. Foreign bodies close to the eardrum can compress the eardrum and cause tinnitus and vertigo.

3. Bacterial infection

Chronic infection of the external ear canal by bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus can cause redness and itching of the ear skin, and even the appearance of purulent secretions.

4. Fungal otitis externa

The canals of the external ear canal are "tortuous" and if they are wet for a long time, they can become infected with fungi, which can cause itching of the ear. This itching is very intense and tends to recur.

Three: Can I pull out my ears too often?

Earwax is actually not waste. It is a protective shield for the ear canal, sticking to dust and other substances that enter the ear canal, and also working with the ear hairs on the ear canal wall to ward off external bacteria and prevent ear infection.

Chen Suijun, deputy director of the Department of Otolaryngology at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, said that theoretically, under normal circumstances, people do not need to pull out their ears. The healthy external ear canal itself has the function of self-exclusion and self-cleaning, which is discharged by itself through chewing, talking, eating and other movements. It can be said that the production and discharge of earwax is in a dynamic and balanced state and does not crowd the ear canal. The company's products and services are designed to meet the needs of the market.

These are some of the possible consequences of frequent ear-picking, so think twice

Medically known as "mycotic otitis externa", it is often caused by pathogenic bacteria such as Aspergillus, Candida, Penicillium and Trichoderma. It is usually caused by cross-infection due to inadequate disinfection tools when picking or pulling out ears. The ears will be itchy, swollen and painful.

Too much ear-picking causes irritation to the skin of the ear canal, which may result in the formation of papilloma of the external ear canal. Although this is a benign tumor, it may also become malignant and cancerous, and is prone to recurrence even after surgery.

Insanitary tools used to pull out the ears may cause infection, and the proximity of both ears to brain tissue makes it easy for inflammation such as severe external ear infection and otitis media to spread upward and cause complications such as septic meningitis and brain tumors. Intracranial infections can damage cranial neuronal cells and lead to abnormal neuronal discharge, which can induce epilepsy.

Pulling out the ears with cotton swabs frequently may instead push the earwax deeper, and when it accumulates in the ear canal for a long time, it can form earwax embolism. This can cause problems such as ear lift, tinnitus, vertigo, and hearing loss.

Although normally a person does not need to pull out their ears, if earwax embolism causes earache, hearing loss, etc., this condition requires prompt earwax extraction. However, it is not recommended to use cotton swabs to pull out your own ears, nor to go to the ear-picking store on the street to do so.