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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am turning 68 years old tomorrow. For the past couple of months, my ear canals have been very itchy. Also, my wife was constantly cleaning earwax ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am turning 68 years old tomorrow. For the past couple of months, my ear canals have been very itchy. Also, my wife was constantly cleaning earwax out of my ears.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am turning 68 years old tomorrow. For the past couple of months, my ear canals have been very itchy. Also, my wife was constantly cleaning earwax out of my ears. Now for some ...

Itching the inside of your ear. ... "Inserting your finger in your ear, especially if you have long, sharp nails, can damage the delicate tissues of the ear canal by creating small abrasions.

Q-tips, or cotton swabs, are safe to use outside your ear, but they should not be stuck inside your ear to clear out wax. We'll discuss why and what to do instead.

What's more, the 'long, sharp' digits can damage delicate tissues of the ear canal by creating small abrasions, she added. 'These tiny cuts then become entry points for bacteria or fungi, ...

This is Explainer, a column that answers questions we all have (or should have). As someone who regularly “cleans” my ear canals with cotton swabs, a question hangs over me basically every day ...

When he started investigating in his ear to figure out just what was causing the problem, he discovered something was inside his ear. He pulled out a 4-inch centipede that had apparently made ...

An image from Changsha Central Hospital from August 8 shows a spider in a woman's ear canal. Rednet.cn (CBS News) A woman reportedly checked into a Chinese hospital because of an itchy ear that ...