{"id":3504,"date":"2010-01-03T20:33:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T20:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2010-01-03T20:36:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T20:36:42","slug":"surfers-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/01\/surfers-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfer&#8217;s Ear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had an ear infection for a few days and eventually gave in to the nagging I was getting from Anna and her Mum and phoned the doctors. I was told to go to A&amp;E where I saw the on call doctor. As suspected he told me that I had a pretty bad ear infection in both ears, but also guessed that I was a surfer as apparently I have pretty severe &#8216;surfer&#8217;s ear&#8217; as well.<\/p>\n<p>Looks as though my hearing could get worse pretty soon!<\/p>\n<div class=\"amazon_ad_right\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;nou=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=alslikklworls&#038;o=2&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;md=0M5A6TN3AXP2JHJBWT02&#038;asins=B002S3VFN8\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Surfer&#8217;s ear<\/strong> is the common name for an\u00a0 abnormal bone growth within the ear canal, more accurately known as an exostosis. 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