Do you know what otomycosis is? No, then you are probably not alone. This is a fungal infection in the ear, which does not even occur as rarely as you might think. The really bad thing regarding it is that every day we expose ourselves to the danger of getting otomycosis.
Not for the faint of heart
Dr. Sina Joorabchi is an ear, nose and throat doctor and plastic surgeon. He regularly shares his experience as a doctor on TikTok and has been very successful. Almost two million people follow him. In one of his videos, he draws attention to the fact that in-ear headphones, like the popular AirPods, can trigger a fungal infection in the ear. But beware: the clip is not for the faint of heart!
In it, you can see how the medic gets a huge lump of an earwax and mushroom mixture from the ear of one of his patients. The video has so far received 3.5 million likes and has been shared more than 250,000 times. Reason enough to talk to Dr. Joorabchi regarding the disease.
@doctor.sina AirPods are great until Fungus says hello #airpods#earwax#doctor#earwaxremoval
“Headphones have the greatest risk of otomycosis”
Opposite BuzzFeed he explains that otomycosis occurs mainly in an environment with high humidity and increasingly in the summer. Depending on the geographical location, 5 to 81 percent of the population is affected. Although cotton swabs can also lead to a disease, but:
Headphones have the greatest risk of otomycosis and AirPods are not exempt from this risk, although I think they are well ventilated compared to other in-ear headphones on the market.
To prevent this from happening in the first place, Joorabchi advises to treat his ears regularly with his own mixture. For this, he recommends a ratio of 1/3 water with 1/3 rubbing alcohol and 1/3 hydrogen peroxide. If you wear your headphones for a longer time, you put a few drops of the mixture in your ear. If a fungal infection nevertheless occurs, it must be removed by an expert and then treated with ear drops.
