Posts Tagged ‘ENT (Ear Nose Throat)’

Chinese newspapers are reporting on the curious case of a 20-something year old girl who has temporarily lost hearing in her left ear after receiving a passionate kiss from her boyfriend. The doctor who treated the women offered the explaination that ”The kiss reduced the pressure in the mouth, pulled the eardrum out and caused the breakdown of the ear.” Cases where eardrum rupture caused by a suction force applied to the external ear canal from a kiss forming a tight seal against the ear have also been reported. These curious cases are very rare and kissing, in general, is still considered to be a low-risk enterprise when it comes to eardrum rupture.

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Yes, really. Cell phones can cause rashes. According to the British Association of Dermatologists doctors have began to see what they are calling “mobile phone dermatitis” – rashes on the ears and cheeks of prolonged cell phone users caused by an allergic reaction to nickel.  Nickel is a metal commonly used in consumer products, especially jewelery and belt buckles, and is one of the most common causes of allergic contact dermatitis. The rash is purely due to the nickel coming into contact with the skin. Earlier this year a Brown University study tested 22 popular handsets from eight different manufacturers and found nickel in 10 of the devices. The British group is urging physicians to think about the possibility of mobile phone dermatitis in any patient with a ear/cheek rash that cannot otherwise be explained.

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