#6 – Cleaning Your Ears
Here’s a habit that probably didn’t come to your mind when you read the title of this article; however, there were cases when improper way of cleaning ears led to person’s death. For example, just a few years ago a man from Montreal, Canada died after contracting meningitis from bacteria that entered through his eardrum. The eardrum is very fragile, and he managed to puncture it during vigorous cleaning with cotton swabs. While the chances that this will happen to you are very slim, many doctors today suggest that people stay away from cotton swabs, and from excessive ear cleaning in general.