General health problems such as ear infections, pink eye and influenza affect nearly every person eventually. Rod Moser, PA, PhD, shares information and advice here on the most common general health disorders, their symptoms, treatments, and prevention.
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Dealing with Swimmer's Ear - Even If You Don't Swim
Posted on August 19, 2008
Summertime is the season for swimmer's ear, medically known as otitis externa (OE). Basically, OE is a skin infection that just happens to be in the ear canal. Ninety percent of the time, the opportunistic organism that causes OE is a bacterial. About 10% of the time, it is fungal.The ear canal is a warm, dark, most tunnel about 2.5 cm long, lined with sebaceous (oil) and ceruminous (wax) glands. A healthy ear canal is lined with a thin layer of acidic wax, protecting this sensitive skin from water and moisture, as well as inhibiting bacterial and fungal growth. The shape and angle of the ear ...
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