Show Dr Fishbein's Health Talks 1 Bv Dy DR MORRIS The aftermath of summer vacations frequently is earache carache Earache means infection in most Instances When you OU go bathing and especial especial- Iy hy y when you dive or swim under Water wa wa- ter cr the water and the bacteria acteria may get ct into your middle ear car through the theose nose ose because a tube passes from the theose nose ose into the ear You ma may wear weara a rubber cap over your our head and even put ut a rubber stopper in the outside ear ar but that will not keep the water from Crom rom getting into the nose and nd the tube When you get out of the water i if you blow your nose and hold both nostrils shut at nt the time you arc are quite certain to force the water and any anything thins that may be in the water into nto your internal car ear When you get an earache It is no nofe not safe s-afe fe to consider the condition lightly Any infection in the car ear may be serious serious se se- se rious because it may proceed to an infection of or the mastoid re region on nd from rom that even to an infection of or the brain rain Of course the most foolish of or al alis all allIs is the person who has an nn infection with material discharging from th the eardrum who goes swimming while in this condition He stands the chance chanc of introducing the infection from both Inside aside and out Nothing could be more dangerous to o health and life me than a performance of this character When you ou have an earache do no nory not try ry to treat it by putting all sorts o of things into the car Your doctor wilt will tell ell you that the only thing worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while and md safe for th the average person to o put into his ear is a little warmed glycerin This is dropped in gently with a medicine dropper and the ea caris ear car earis is s plugged up lightly with cotton to hold lOld the warm glycerin in place While White this will not cure the infection tion ion it will help alleviate t the e pain and give your our bod body a chance to promote pro mote healing heating However the safest safes procedure is is- isto to have a competent docor doc doe tor br or look at the eardrum as soon a as possible S If there is severe redness or bulging bulgin of or the eardrum indicating the pr pros pros- ence inside the car ear of infected material material mate mate- rial rill un under er pr pressure ure a tiny iny incision under the eardrum will let the mate mate- and save the patient from th the likelihood of deafness It will also in the majority of ot cases serve to prevent invasion of or the infection in in- into the mastoid The linin lining of the outer canal of or th thear the thel ear is a delicate membrane casil easily scratched or injured Never try 1 to treat n a condition affecting that linin lining by pushing in matches toothpicks hairpins or any other instrument that tha you may happen to have handy Just Jus Justas 33 as with the eye it is not safe to pu put into the car ear anything smaller tha than your our elbow An earache ar is a n warning signal that tha something inside is wrong Healthful ears cars do not ache SEe Sec to it that yo you pay attention to the warning signal |