Most of us realize that taking medical advice from random people on social media might not be a great idea. But when Brandi Glanville ended up in the hospital after following a stranger’s suggestion, she learned the hard way.
During the April 9 episode of her Unfiltered podcast, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum recalled catching a cold from her 18-year old son. “Jake came over and he kept sneezing in my face,” she said. “He’s like, ‘I’m not sick anymore.’ Like, cover your mouth when you sneeze. And then I got his cold.”
That’s when the former model turned to the Internet to look up cold remedies online.
The former RHOBH star got garlic stuck in her ear
After finding one she thought would help, she decided to put a clove of garlic in her ear to help with congestion. Unfortunately, the garlic got stuck, sending her to the emergency room. That’s a new case for HBO’s The Pitt.
“On Easter, I didn’t do anything because of the garlic in my ear,” she explained. “I was trying to get it out. [But] it really went down further, and I had to go to urgent care the next day.”
“I was just trying to clear my sinuses,” Brandi added. “Don’t listen to people online.”
Originally, she tried placing the garlic in her nostril, after older son Mason told her it had helped him. “It was burning too much, so I moved it to my ear,” she added.
Though posters on social media believe that the garlic trick relieves nasal congestion, there’s no scientific evidence that it works. Furthermore, doctors strongly advise against putting objects up your nose. Not only can it cause irritation, an infection and/or trauma to the septum, but it can make congestion worse.
According to ENT specialist Dr. Raj Sindwani, putting garlic up your nose, “irritates the lining of the nose, causing it to produce increased mucus while also trapping the mucus you already had … In the end, it’s just not going to help you.”
Additionally, putting garlic in your ear can damage your hearing, if the eardrum is perforated.
After all the health issues Brandi has suffered recently, you’d think she would be wary of putting anything else in her body.
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