"Ma, I have earache!"

Last night, both of my ears became very itchy. I think it’s because of the soap and water residue that’s stuck in my ears. The irritation caused them to produce cerumen. I was too lazy to search for cotton buds or a hairpin. There’s nothing else I can do but to use my stupid ingenuity. So, I used the upper tip of this ballpen that I’m using to poke my ears. The outcome—“wet cake”. However, the itch still persisted. So, I kept on poking until there’s no “cake” left to scrape.

The next morning, I woke up with terrible pain on both of my ears. It never ceased the whole day. So, I took a painkiller. When the effect faded, I drank one again. I looked up at the Reader’s Digest Family Medical Adviser book I got from one of my grandmothers. It was very useful. It was said there that ear injury from poking is caused by damaged ear flaps. Tht flaps will heal after some time. Lucky am I to know this!

My advice for parents is to take care of what children may hold. They might poke it into their ears and cause damage and even hearing loss.