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Old 27th Oct 2008, 17:28
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AMEandPPL
 
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Red face if you don't believe me . . . . . . . !

. . . . . . then just look here :

Tinnitus and ear syringing | What Doctors Don't Tell You

. . . . and here is just one little bit of the article :

It’s performed on around 150,000 people in the US and some 20,000 in the UK every week - and, yet, doctors know that it’s not a safe procedure. It can cause tympanic membrane damage and promote infection, and these major complications occur in one in 1000 procedures. On that basis, nearly 8000 Americans and 1000 Britons suffer ear damage after syringing every year
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