Ear ailments

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Tick infestation on the ear

 

Throughout the year, it is possible to find ticks abounding on the ear flap (Pinna), and to a lesser degree in the ear canal (ticks usually do not wander deep into the ear canal). During the rainy seasons, one tends to find a greater infestation of the ear by ticks.

If there are only a few ticks on the ear flap or visible at the entrance of the ear canal, then I would advise that you remove them with tweezers (or even with your fingers). The tick’s jaws are often so embedded in the skin tissue, that when you try to remove the tick, the head breaks