An unfortunate man landed himself
in a sticky situation 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. But he was drowsy after waking in
the night and carelessly picked up the super glue before squeezing several
drops of the powerful adhesive into his ear.
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 rupture 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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