"Swimmer's ear is an infection of your outer ear canal, which is bone and cartilage covered by skin and runs from your tympanic membrane (ear drum) to the outside of your head," said Dr. Thompson.

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A doctor surgically cleaned the infected tissue and placed a drainage tube in the ear cartilage, she said. The site was infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chou recovered after two weeks on ...

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The charity also listed infections and inflammation between the skin folds, entropion and ear infections as some ... mutation that also affects the cartilage in all of their joints and means ...

In addition, he noted, they tend to have very narrow ear canals which 'puts them at high risk of chronic, painful ear infection ... that also affects the cartilage in all of their joints.

“This can result in bacterial infections such as nasal vestibulitis ... which is made up of cartilage, creating a hole that can cause difficult or noisy breathing. The progressive condition ...