1. Foreign bodies in ear

3. Foreign bodies in ear
Objects inserted intentionally or unintentionally to the ear
Foreign bodies enter while cleaning the ear, it can be insects, peas, beans, pebbles, toys and beads.
Children's are more prone
There will be no symptoms or severe symptoms
Profound pain in most case and decrease hearing

4. Management
Removing a foreign body from the external auditory canal is challenging
Three standard methods
Irrigation
suction
Instrumentation
Contraindications – foreign vegetable bodies and insects tend to swell thus irrigation is contraindicated
Mineral oil should be used instead- it will kill the inscect

5. Should not manage it in home because it can be dangerous in unskilled hands
The object may be pushed completely into the bony portion of the canal, lacerate the skin and perforation of the tympanic membrane.
In difficult cases – patient should be under general anesthesia in the operating room for extraction of the foreign bodies.