Re: Terrified of getting ear infection
Have you ever had tubes placed in your eardrum? If not, it’s very unlikely water would make it into your inner ear as you would know if it had been punctured otherwise.
Most ear infections are due to the Eustachian tube not opening correctly, usually due to a cold or allergies. That will set off a process that eventually leads to infection. It doesn’t happen often in adults though as our shift as we get older and therefore work better (why ear infections are so common in little kids).
And, as FMP said, if you do somehow end up with an infection you can treat it. Ear infections were really dangerous for kids 150 years ago but now we have antibiotics so it’s an easy fix.
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