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- Title
Wax Impaction in Nigerian School Children.
- Authors
Eziyi1, J. A. E.; Amusa, Y. B.; Nwawolo, C. C.; Ezeanolue, B. C.
- Abstract
The article offers information on a medical research conducted at a primary school in Nigeria related to the diagnosis and treatment of cerumen impaction, an ear disease which causes pain and otitis externa. As mentioned, the otoscopy research indicates a major problem of impaction of earwax in primary school children. There is lack of knowledge about the symptoms and diagnosis of the diseases which leads delay in disease management and causes hearing impairment in children.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; EARWAX impaction; HEARING disorders in children; OTOSCOPY; OTITIS externa; PRIMARY schools; DISEASE management; HEALTH of school children
- Publication
East & Central African Journal of Surgery, 2011, Vol 16, Issue 2, p40
- ISSN
1024-297X
- Publication type
Article