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平时没事喜欢用棉签掏耳朵？这其实是一种错误的习惯，因为用棉签清洁耳朵可能会导致更严重的后果，比如颅内感染。 A woman's daily habit of cleaning her ears with cotton swabs led to a life-threatening infection in her skull, according to news reports. 据报道，一名习惯每天用棉签清洁耳朵的女性发生颅内感染，导致生命受到威胁。 cotton swab：棉签 The 37-year-old woman, who is identified only as Jasmine, said she cleaned her ears every night with cotton swabs, according to the Australian magazine That's Life! But over time, she noticed she had trouble hearing out of her left ear, and finally went to the doctor. She was initially told she had an ear infection, and was given antibiotics. 澳大利亚的《这就是生活！》杂志报道称，这位名为茉莉的37岁女性说，她每天晚上用棉签清洁耳朵。久而久之，她注意到左耳听力出现问题，最后去看了医生。一开始，医生说她有耳部感染并给她开了抗生素。 antibiotics [,æntɪbaɪ'ɒtɪks]：n.抗生素 But her hearing problems remained, and she soon noticed blood appearing on the cotton swabs after she cleaned her ears. 但她的听力问题依然存在。不久后她发现，清洁耳朵后，棉签上出现血迹。 After a hearing test showed she had moderate deafness, she was referred to an ear, nose and throat specialist. The specialist ordered a CT scan, which showed a horrifying condition: Jasmine had a bacterial infection that was "eating away" at her skull bone behind her ear. | 
