An unfortunate man stick his external acoustic meatus (middle ear) when he mistook super glue for ear drops and had to endure a week of near-deafness. Song Wan, 45, ran into a hospital's A&E department still in his pyjamas after he accidentally squirted an extra-strong adhesive, called 502 Glue, into his left ear.
He told the doctor how he was in the process of recovering from an ear infection and had wanted to use the drops to relieve an itch that was bothering him. Mysteriously woke up from a deep sleep in the night and carelessly picked up the super glue and squeezed several drops of the powerful adhesive into his ear.
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| Clogged: The man was almost deaf in one ear for a week while the glue was in there |
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| Culprit: The adhesive, 502 Glue, is extremely powerful stuff |
Realising his error, he then rushed to the First People’s Hospital of Hangzhou, in China’s Zhejiang province, where he was seen by Doctor Li Yong. The medic, an ear, nose, and throat specialist, told him to simply wait a week. Doctor Li explained that the mucous membrane in Song’s ear would secrete fluids to form a protective layer between the adhesive and his eardrum.
He said his eardrum would likely bust if he peeled the glue off too soon. A week later, Song returned to the hospital and the substance was removed. He told medics he had been a "nervous wreck" waiting to see whether he would regain the use of his ear, and praised the medical team for their advice.
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