Now the afternoon heat, and in the morning can be cool. The children run to school and soup rubbing. Put on your hat! Ears will blow! Have you heard it? We heard it all.
And many know that otitis media from the cold does not happen. all literate now. Nobody believes in myths. Otitis media is pneumococcus, viruses or something. Just like the common cold.
Ears from the cold still hurt. And even as the ache!
The ears are freezing in the cold wind and start rooting wildly. All they know about it, but no one clearly can not explain why this is happening.
The most common explanation - is that in the external ear canal is very thin layer between the skin and bone.
Cold wind flies in the ear, and the skin of the outer ear canal instantly shrinks. Or contracted? Well, something like this. This is the simplest physical process.
But the bones of the skull just from the cold does not shrink. Therefore, the quench skin external auditory meatus begins to break away from bone. This is very painful.
It may be the case in the stimulation of nerves. Precise explanation is not met. In any case, the warming of the pain quickly and without consequences passes.
A familiar story?
And sometimes there are consequences.
This happens when skin is not only cooled but also the bone of the external auditory canal. Most often this happens with surfers. They ride on the waves in all weathers.
If the ear falls cold water from the cold wind, it cools even bone. Over time, the bone grows, and closer to solid projections formed to the eardrum. They are very difficult to cut out.
Have you heard about the surfer's ear? I just wanted to put on a hat ...
