Man left almost deaf after mistaking super glue for ear drops

Song Wan with the superglue in his ears

One needs to be extremely careful while taking medications. A few seconds spent in rechecking what you are using would save you a lot of hassle. Just recently, a woman almost lost her eyesight for mistaking superglue for eye drops (You can read the story here). Now, a 45-year-old man is left almost deaf after mistaking superglue for ear drops, the Mirror reports.
Song Wan, 45, said he was drowsy after waking in the middle of the night and grabbed the wrong bottle by mistake. He ran into a hospital's A&E department still in his pyjamas after he accidentally squirted an extra-strong adhesive, called 502 Glue, into his left ear.

The adhesive, 502 glue Song Wan applied to his ears

He told the doctor how he was in the process of recovering from an ear infection and had wanted to use the drops to relieve an itch that was bothering him. But he was drowsy after waking in the night and carelessly picked up the super glue before squeezing several drops of the powerful adhesive into his ear.
Realising his error, he then rushed to the First People’s Hospital of Hangzhou, in China’s Zhejiang province, where he was seen by Doctor Li Yong. The medic, an ear, nose, and throat specialist, told him to simply wait a week.
Doctor Li explained that the mucous membrane in Song’s ear would secrete fluids to form a protective layer between the adhesive and his eardrum. He said his eardrum would likely rupture if he peeled the glue off too soon.
A week later, Song returned to the hospital and the substance was removed.
He told medics he had been a "nervous wreck" waiting to see whether he would regain the use of his ear, and praised the medical team for their advice.