A painful pleasure

Ear Candling: A Dangerous Pleasure?

Ear candling is an alternative medicine practice alleged to enhance general health by putting an end of a hollow candle in the ear canal and lighting up the other end of it. It also is advertised for cerumen and debris (bacteria and fungi) removal. Ear candling is claimed to create negative pressure for drawing cerumen from the ear and to benefit the ears in many ways. It is however not free o...

A long overdue pleasure

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.06.010 Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China *correspondence: [email protected] After a protracted 27-year process of formulation, revision and re-revision by numerous psychiatrists, jurists, government administrators and legislators, the Mental Health Law of the People’s Republic of China was finally pas...

ear candling: a dangerous pleasure?

ear candling is an alternative medicine practice alleged to enhance general health by putting an end of a hollow candle in the ear canal and lighting up the other end of it. it also is advertised for cerumen and debris (bacteria and fungi) removal. ear candling is claimed to create negative pressure for drawing cerumen from the ear and to benefit the ears in many ways. it is however not free of...

Incisional Endometriosis: A Rare Case of Painful Scar

Scar endometriosis is a rare form of extra-pelvic endometriosis that can occur after surgery involving the uterus. Direct mechanical implantation seems to be the most conceivable theory for scar endometriosis. Patient usually presents with lump and pain at surgical site. Often the diagnosis of endometriosis is not suggested until histology has been performed. We hereby present a case of scar en...

Systematic Analysis of Painful Total Knee Prosthesis, a Diagnostic Algorithm