ENT Doctors Debunk 11 Ear And Nose Myths | Debunked

[@alxthegreat]

I wasn't afraid of cockroaches in my ear until now, thanks

[@mickymaus8431]

But at least you know what to do if it happens.

[@escoffUp]

​@@mickymaus8431 true, but I still have some questions after watching the video. Like if I'm using rubbing alcohol, what concentration of isopropyl alcohol should be in it? I am just a bit worried it can damage my ear. And what amount of liquid should I use? Are a few little drops will be enough or do I need to put a significant amount of it so the bug literally would drown in there? I am looking for answers on the internet and the different information in the articles confuses me even more

[@mickymaus8431]

@@escoffUp Then just use another liquid drown it. They also mentioned mineral oil and I would imagine that a lot of liquids will work as long as you manage to drown it.

[@mickymaus8431]

@@escoffUp But I would honestly still use alcohol because it disinfects the area and it should kill the bug faster. The percentage shouldn’t matter that much and when you have a bug in your ear you probably worry more about the damage the bug can do. So just kill it as fast as possible and this should be easily done by using alcohol.

[@Matt-bp5vy]

@@escoffUp Jesus. Two qualified people just told you to use couple drops of rubbing alcohol. No need to be scared. It's alcohol not acid it's not going to desolve your ear

[@jelisontejada1758]

I had a small butterfly in my ear a medical student told my mother if I was crazy because I was hearing things in my head next morning I went to the specialist and he got it out in 5 minutes

[@zmaria739]

a butterfly ?? omg

[@jelisontejada1758]

@@zmaria739 yes and i wasn’t even resting I was walking to taking my dirty plate to clean after eating she just when kamikaze straight in now I get anxious when I see any bug near my head

[@jelisontejada1758]

@@zmaria739 el doctor dijo usted esta segura que el es normal 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Rittika19]

I assume that was a 1st or 2nd yr med student? A 3rd yr kid should ideally have insect as a differential xD

[@francinahlorff3679]

I had a moth in my ear , I had to get a doctor to get it out

[@Debble]

Ironically KZbin commercials gave me hearing loss by them being 2000% louder than the video I was listening too via headphones

[@sanjayasilva1711]

I experienced the the same by just not on YT, if u know wht I mean 😏

[@kaushiksarkar7837]

premium is the medication for all of us

[@ayoobmujaahid9428]

As Soon as I read this a Ad popped up literally.

[@tolvajtamas8567]

True. I hate it especially when Im listening to a full album and the song is played with mediocre volume, then a yt ad pops up and its just unbareable, its lile a high pitch demonic screaming.

[@andor3xy712]

for real?

[@irishedawg]

I've watched a few of these types of videos from this channel...and as someone in emergency medicine for close to 20 years, I wish it was somehow required for the general public to have to watch these videos at some point in their life. Educating the public is a big part of what we do, but reaching the masses has been historically difficult. If people watched a handful of videos like this early in life, we could save so many people's limbs and lives.

[@bluwasabi7635]

sounds like a great idea for a youtube channel...knowing this can save your life and limbs

[@snickle1980]

This was basic information we learned in grade school health class. It would be a great idea if adults cared enough to have a continued learning program at a certain point. 40 seems like an ideal age for reeducation. The problem is that they'll also watch a handful of videos that tell you the lizard people are sending 5g waves into your eye, nose and throat. 😁

[@randzopyr1038]

I remember covering some of these myths in my middle school human growth and development class. It feels like the perfect opportunity to educate. The problem is that children bring home new information and older generations can sometimes discredit the new accurate information in favor of folk myths.

[@HB-oy5hc]

Some of us know better, we just don’t care. Using Qtip’s to clean out my ears is damn near orgasmic. I refuse to quit using them.

[@irishedawg]

@@HB-oy5hc 🤣🤣 I mean.... fair enough

[@Jewelsmith]

I lost my sense of smell after having surgery to repair a brain fluid leak (they went through my nose). Doctors told me "that shouldn't have happened" but it did. It was really traumatic to suddenly and completely lose the ability to smell anything, to know when food starts burning, to know if something is spoiled, to smell a favorite food or the person you love. You just don't realize how important that is until its gone. Eventually, another doctor suggested the "retraining" with scents and my sense of smell started to come back. It's not as good as it used to be but at least it's there now.

[@RockinEnabled]

When I got covid for the first time a year ago, I stopped feeling smells for a week or smth. With smells I lost emotions, it seemed. Apathy, nothing pleased or excited me. Right after smells came back - I started to feel alive again! Having lost all smells for such a long time must be a really tough experience for you. Glad to hear tge training helps.

[@Jewelsmith]

@@RockinEnabled Thank you for the kind reply. I'm glad you've recovered from covid and your sense of smell returned, too. :)

[@FruitsandflowersBeaumont]

Hi, i have no memory of being able to smell, i have a question for you if you don't mind. Did food tasted different right after the smelling ability went away? I have no way to know if my taste ability is normal or not. Thanks if you see this

[@Jewelsmith]

@@FruitsandflowersBeaumont Yes, food tasted different. I was still able to taste basic things, like sweet and salty, but the subtleties were gone. No longer able to taste differences between brands of food, identify various spices in a dish, or taste if something was going stale, overripe, etc, after the operation it was all bland. Like listening to a symphony but only 20% of the instruments are present, or only seeing paintings in black and white.

[@narvin3]

Join the club, I never could smell as long as I could remember, stupid doctors had no answers. That's why I hate doctors

[@crystalcovington1733]

When I was a child, I used to have a lot of nose bleeds. I was told to put my head back & I hated it because the blood would go down my throat & it felt like my throat was burning. Sometimes I felt like I was choking. It was the worst! So glad these doctors discussed this in the video!!

[@uikonimi]

And the worst part is when the blood going down coagulates and comes back up as one giant lump

[@Asylus]

@@uikonimi reminds me of a placenta

[@msans]

did you ever feel that bubble in the back of your throat? my parents used to do that to me when i was little because i had nosebleeds every 3 days and after it stopped, i would frel a bubble form in the bsck. not the best feeling ever

[@specialbudgies4217]

@@DrunkenDove hardly ever had nosebleeds as a child, but I did experience complications after surgery in the area. Ended up swallowing a lot of blood since it took five doctors and three hospitals in total to find what was wrong and fix it. When the bloody vomit started, my mum freaked out, thought I was dying, but I kept saying it made me feel better. Doctors confirmed that blood is toxic to the stomach lining, dye to the iron I think, so it's completely normal and desirable for the blood to come out. Also, that it shouldn't be swallowed. In my case not an option since I was bleeding in the throat, but for those with nosebleeds it should make their life a little easier for sure.

[@Robynhoodlum]

also, if you swallow blood you get nausea

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

I really didn't need to know that cockroaches can get in my ear.

[@nateF888]

i just saw a cockroach under my bed last night so this is the last thing i needed to know :)

[@axeldornelles5292]

@@nateF888 If it had gotten in, you would have known it with absolute certainty.

[@oluochanyango7920]

Why, so many details 😮🤢🤢😱😱

[@stefanasahanagiu349]

and why the accompanying images 😐

[@salmalachgar]

Yes, thanks for the phobia I guess

[@man_on_wheelz]

“Don’t worry, cockroaches in the ear aren’t that common….” ok but it’s common enough that both of you have seen multiple cases, enough to have an instant hunch on the situation when verbally described… I’d imagine many other doctors do too… including my local doctors!!!

[@predictivetextisforaunts]

Because they’re in the medical field and their speciality deals with ears. It’s still uncommon, but not unheard of. There are many rare diseases that doctors would have treated more than once, but statistics still say they’re rare.

[@KnuckleheadStuey]

Had 2 one in each ear. didn't know what it was till I could not hear well and I believe it was getting painful.finally scooped them out with a pen cap. they were covered in wax and smelled horrible. Not even sure exactly what it was. It could have been an egg sac. Grossed me out though.

[@AndersJackson]

They probably see way more car accidents and walkers and bicycle accidents then cockroaches in ear. What are you going to do with that? Try to learn adjust to the probabilities, which usually are not intuitive. And being scare of something that probably never will happen to you or your near is not sane. It is human, but it is not something to go around and being scared of. Easier said then done, I know.

[@dickmelsonlupot7697]

I had a small fly get in my ear once. I instantly put baby oil in my ear and weirdly enough, the sound of a drowning fly sounded peaceful to me. Then I just let it slide out of my ear and out comes a dead fly with a bunch of earwax and baby oil

[@jeffreyhotchkiss9451]

7 years as an EMT, had one patient who had a bug in the ear.

[@akbar41]

This video isn't just informative--the two doctors doing the presentation are fun to watch and work well together, while also remaining credible. Good job!

[@melanieskeldon6289]

This was great; I'm a speech pathologist and I remember my audiology professor saying, " Don't place anything in your ear canal smaller than a fence post".

[@grahvis]

I always thought it was okay to put your elbow in your ear.

[@seatbelttruck]

I know somebody who lost her sense of smell from a head injury. She lost SO much weight because she had trouble forcing herself to eat afterwards. Not good.

[@Jay-Kay-Buwembo]

Yeah we forget how important a sense of smell actually is!

[@junkmalme]

My dad had a sinus surgery in his 20s (so, 1970s) and lost his sense of smell because they damaged his olfactories.

[@oanaanton7413]

My bf had no smell and taste for a couple of months after covid. He disliked ALL foods. He barely ate until he got both taste and smell. I was making his favourite meals just to get him to eat. I cannot imagine.

[@junkmalme]

@@oanaanton7413 I had COVID. Luckily, my sense of taste returned after about a week, but i couldn't taste strong flavors like coffee or ginger. It was bizarre. Everything tasted like dirt

[@katywolffis7678]

@@oanaanton7413 I lost my taste and smell when I had COVID and it was the strangest sensation. Everything I ate was basically just textures.

[@goldenfish5390]

I remember my mom forcefully cleaning my ears with q-tips. When i literally couldn’t hear we went to EMT and they removed a block of wax from my ear, the doctor said q-tips are bad, but my mom yelled at me for not cleaning my ears.

[@john3_14-17]

Ouch! Sorry about your ears and the incident you had with your mom. I’ve never had that issue but I can definitely see how being forceful would cause such a blockage. Best wishes to you!

[@hoshiuno7530]

My mom used those metal like things that are shaped like q tips or like a small spoon and my ears bleed. Thankfully it didnt damage my ear canal and i think thr bleeding came from the sides since my ears are still ok

[@beautifullyyflawedd]

Same here I really thought I went deaf in one ear 😩

[@stafonvoncamron]

You can use them in the ears just don't stick them far in the ear. Swirl them in a circle don't push.

[@TysonJensen]

When they started telling parents not to use Q-tips that would be the entire discussion. So of course Q-tip use continued. Now they are smarter about it and recommend alternatives like peroxide or alcohol to gently flush out loose wax without the risks of smashing it.

[@BradJohannsen]

"Loud noises cause hearing loss" Editor proceeds to keep the volume low, so users have to turn the volume way up to hear, and then ads play and blow out your ears. 🤦‍♂️

[@infinitedeath1384]

👏 When your ears get clapped.

[@ameermashruf]

gotta sell YT premium somehow

[@tythagoras5787]

Ad-block is a public health issue.

[@YourMomActress]

Happy I’m not the only one that noticed

[@Queina1]

Yea I kept turning the volume up cause i couldn't hear what they were saying. Not cool, not cool at all!

[@faizalmohammed9874]

I used an in-ear earphones for 12 hours straight. Eventually it let to my ear secreting a lot of wax. I thought my ear was filthy and started using a Q-tip three times a day. Started pushing it pretty deep. Got a nasty ear infection. Secretions started flowing out of my ear, partial hearing loss, inflammation. And incredible pain. Now my left ear is fucked. I lost some of my hearing and when i sit in silence i can hear something in my left ear. It's like the sound of an ocean constantly in my ear. TAKE CARE OF YOUR EAR FOLKS.

[@casparps]

yeah... same story here.. fricking sucks

[@faizalmohammed9874]

@@casparps Damn. I feel you. I always enjoyed silence. Now I just can't.

[@casparps]

@@faizalmohammed9874 we in this together bro.. all we can do is advise others not to over-use the earbud type earphones. they're definitely no good for long usage:(

[@faizalmohammed9874]

@@casparps Absolutely.

[@thaspaceship3641]

I’ve consistently used tips for over 14 years. Literally 0 ear problems

[@jaketaz2848]

These folks are great. They obviously have an enormous amount of knowledge, but they keep their explanations so simple anyone could understand them.

[@artakons]

The volume of this video reminds me of being a kid when you turned the volume to 1 just so that your parents don't catch you watching late at night/ early in the morning.

[@lizphlox]

hey im actually watching this at 1 am 😃

[@Windtorment]

Hahaha

[@DiogoExMarques]

Thank god, I thought I was noticing hearing loss because this video made me want to turn the volume up.

[@Spenceycat123]

Kind of ironic lol. I was thinking the same thing

[@diyeana]

Ya, they care just a little too much about our hearing.

[@unzii]

As a teenager that has tinnitus because of too loud music, I'm here to say PLEASE take care of your ears and don't think that "it won't happen to me" because it can and it's better to prevent it than deal with it. I've went to multiple ENT doctors and it came down to "learn to live with it" although it seems like it's not something "serious" it has made a huge impact on my life, i constantly have anxiety and worry over my ears

[@viviawaag863]

And as someone with chronic tinnitus, be mindful of your surroundings. Being in a loud place for too long, will make your tinnitus at least ten times louder than normal. It has often kept me up at night.

[@lastyhopper2792]

How loud is loud? How to measure it?

[@viviawaag863]

@@lastyhopper2792 For me, hearing a PS4 Pro, playing COD:WZ for two hours will make my ears ring for at least four hours, after it has been turned off.

[@unzii]

@@viviawaag863 righttt, i notice when I'm in loud environments and then get into quiet once my ears start ringing for at least a good 30min until it goes down again

[@viviawaag863]

@@unziiMy dad has issued with it too, and always keeps a set of those memoryfoam ear plugs with him, just in case. I’ve tried recommending Flare to him, since they’re reusable, and better for the ears, but he says that the ones he has are working just fine. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ajadomonique]

I had a small roach go in my ear as a young kid one night. It was the worst experience of my childhood, my mother was just putting all sorts of substances in my ear to try and get it out and almost perforated my ear drum in the process, spend hours in the emergency room with them probing my inner ear to get it out/clean my ear and I was hysterical. Can’t stand anything getting close to or going in my ear to this day, I constantly have issues with my ears😑

[@grazutissmith9647]

Unless you had a perforated ear drum there is no way known he could get to your middle ear. Never mind your inner ear!

[@_miss_lead]

Mine was flooded with glycerin to drown it lol. But definitely my worst night ever. The fly was scratching trying to get out.

[@drujornbrink]

I'm sorry you had to experience that.😟

[@crybebebunny]

Yeuu, poor Babies. What childhood can bring.

[@sweetcanada17]

@@grazutissmith9647 - most likely she’s confusing the ear canal with the inner ear. Those two can be a bit confusing.

[@arashy]

Thanks for the info! Myths: 0:00 Intro 1:00 It's OK to hold in our sneeze 1:34 It's OK to use Q-tips to clean vour ears 2:47 Bugs can't get inside your ears 4:28 To stop a nosebleed, pinch the bridge of our nose and tilt your head back 5:30 Taping your mouth shut will stop your snoring 6:08 Only loud music causes hearing loss 7:22 Swimming causes ear infections 9:18 You should always get rid of earwax 10:05 Loss of smell is onlv temporarv 11:42 Headphones are just as bad as earbuds for your hearing 13:14 If you have pain in your ear, you have an ear infection

[@bananasmatter1321]

One time, I heard a big buzz inside my ear for about 15 minutes, but eventually it stopped and I just ignored it for months. When I went to a doctor, as she was checking my ear, she said I had something in there. I went to a specialist and he took out a winged ant along with a bunch of wax. I felt so relieved lol

[@LumboDumbo]

HOW DID YOU LIVE WITH THAT FOR MONTHS

[@homesweetplanet]

Since I was a teenager, my rule of thumb for earbuds (I only use the flexible kind) or headphones is to turn the volume down to just slightly less than where you want it to be. You can still heare it clearly, but it's ever so slightly quieter than you would like it. I am now 41 and still have perfect hearing, whenever it has been tested by a specialist. Protect your hearing!

[@sakuranovaryan9261]

Yes...watching both my grandparents loose their hearing and feel insecure about their hearing has really made me feel bad for them. And it has made me very conscious of my hearing...

[@treebles]

i am one of the unlucky ones. albeit from medical issues, not damage, but still very very bad! tinnitus is horrific!! ㅜ_ㅜ

[@karlrovey]

I know I have some hearing loss, but consistently test better on hearing threshold tests than those younger than me. I haven't been perfect with using hearing protection, but I regularly use it where I should.

[@sayuriando3379]

Not something I was able to do since I'm hoh since birth

[@laurao3274]

Same for me. I'm constantly telling my husband that A) he needs to stop using headphones so much. (Like, why does he use them when he's home alone?) And B) that he needs to turn down the volume. He's already deaf on one side. He's gotta protect the he has left.

[@micahj894]

A small moth flew into my ear and was stuck there for about an hour... I used tweezers to get it out.. and it actually flew away when i got it out. that was a terrible experience

[@mkuti-childress3625]

That’s the most successful bug in the ear story I’ve ever read. Good job rescuing you both!

[@alicewonderland9160]

I remember a woman having a wasp fly into her ear in a supermarket. They had to call an ambulance because it stung her. Glad that your situation went really well in comparison.

[@Mtz2604]

NGL, I will be petrified

[@mictony999]

i experienced an ant. i was sleeping and suddenly there was a loud screeching noise inside my ear and its so much pain.

[@baileysice2715]

🥺😫😫

[@glynnismajor]

This contained a decent amount of new-to-me information and, most importantly, it was provided in a concise manner. Thanks!

[@faithsmit6839]

I appreciate that they confirm the don'ts, but that they also explain what you should do. Helpful!

[@XCHADHIGGINSX]

These two are so great together. The education between them is absolutely incredible.

[@QuietPotato]

I adore the ear nose and throat specialist I see! One time I was experiencing a slight sore throat and irritated ears for 3 weeks and it wasn't getting better or worse. I saw a ENT doc and after checking my nose and throat he diagnosed me with acid reflux! I never thought reflux could impact you that way, and I was so relieved when the doc found the problem and helped me feel better fast. ENT doctors need more recognition ❤️

[@SereVie]

I always have sore throat, dry cough, and earache whenever I have acid reflux.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

That kind of doesn't surprise me, if I take a slug of something really spicy, I feel it down inside my ears, so if acid reflux makes it up that far I can see it happening from that too.

[@eglantinet.4426]

As a third year audiology student, I have to say I’m very happy that you guys talked about noice exposure and how important it is to think about your hearing when you are young! So many people think that hearing loss is only something that affect older adults or that they don’t have to think about their hearing until they are older but your hearing is so important and like you said, once it’s gone you can’t get it back! Thank you guys for dispelling some of these myths!

[@jenm1]

What is audiology?

[@violetdusk1968]

@@jenm1 hearing, that's why audio is in the name

[@zwan1886]

you claim to study audiology but don't know how to spell the word noise, that's interesting.

[@eglantinet.4426]

@@zwan1886 sorry, small typing error. Big deal.

[@funtechu]

Had a bug fly into my ear while walking down the street, and that was one of the most terrifying things ever. Just the sound of it wriggling around, and the feeling of it scratching around was awful. I finally ran into a nearby bank, tilted my head to the side under the bathroom faucet and let it run until the sound stopped, and the insect floated up out of my ear.

[@ScareLegionOfficialStudios]

since when do banks have bathroom? what state do you live in that banks have bathrooms 👀 i’m curious

[@funtechu]

It was the employee bathroom

[@depressed_firefly]

@@ScareLegionOfficialStudios some do, at least in my country not a lot of them but some do

[@randsipe224]

As a hearing aid wearer I wonder if some of the issues you mentioned for air pods are applicable to hearing aids imbedded deeply in the ear. What’s the best way to cope with that?

[@fitybux4664]

Throw away your in-ear hearing aid and instead use a bone conduction one? 😀

[@WhatsBliss]

When I was a swimmer I used to drop rubbing alcohol in my ear after practice to help get the water out. I was always worried I was doing something dangerous, but apparently it was actually preventative. I also do use q tips on the outside of my ear (often dipped in alcohol), something I was also worried I was doing wrong that is apparently okay lol

[@pennytrui1149]

Can I use rubbing alcohol a few drops to clean my ear. I never tried it so I'm scared lol i feel like something is in my ear

[@davidm4566]

I use a diluted rubbing alcohol solution after the shower because I get swimmers ear. Water gets stuck in there and gets infected but rubbing alcohol dries it

[@gerardparker4220]

Can this be a recurring series? ENT Insiders

[@adiosepic1829]

Great explanation, I love that they actually explain each topic so that a person can understand why something happens, not just what shouldn't be done.

[@noraphelan5598]

I haven't used q-tips since I studied medicine and learnt how damaging they can be and how unnecessary they are. The first few weeks were very hard, I feel like I was producing more than usual (which is normal), but after that it went back to normal and I do not miss it.

[@bodigames]

how do you use AirPods without having a ton of wax on your AirPods?

[@Mewzyc]

I still use Q tips

[@mozismobile]

I went through that, then through ear-bud withdrawal because my ears produce enough wax and I wear earbuds/headphones 8-10 hours a day and ewwww! So now I have headphones. Also the rule: if I can't hear people talking around me then the headphones are too loud. Time for noise cancelling mode, or closed-back headphones.

[@Violet-0]

I already had to do ear irrigation 2x because earwax was building up so fast. I stop using Q tips, but I do use cotton balls.

[@niccolabryer]

I literally use qtips almost daily I hate my ears being dirty. I do wet them so I think that gives me some advantage but it's probably not great for me

[@ricosrealm]

Thanks for confirming what I thought was a myth, a cockroach in the ear, as an actual thing that happens enough that both doctors have witnessed cases and can call it out across the room.

[@kuyashiix]

I recently got over swimmer's ear, and it was almost as painful as the nerves in my tooth dying, it was debilitating. I wish one of the questions was 'how often should someone get their ears professionally cleaned?' That would be my question.

[@Reverse_Cat_Cowgirl]

I’m surprised no one asked questions about using those Netti pots

[@ryn.999]

rightttt those scare me personally

[@honeybdream]

Exactly!

[@wisepati123]

Helps me a lot. Wash out pollen, etc.

[@jay__chugh]

They’re great dude. Always help me clear my nostrils.

[@jay__chugh]

@@ryn.999 nothing to be scared of. Worst that happens is u get a little run off in your mouth or sometimes u have some water that goes from the nasal cavity to ur mouth. It’s a great product.

[@Theballonist]

I was throughly edu-tained. These Doctors have great rapport together.

[@pamelaroyce5285]

The people recording this should have the sound level higher. We listeners can always lower the volume.

[@wmdkitty]

Yeah, I had to crank everything up to 11 to hear, and I have the hearing of a house cat.

[@chrisredfield1073]

If you can lower it you can cut it up to

[@ryn.999]

@@chrisredfield1073 you cant raise the volume if its already maxed out on your end though.. the sound people must have felt guilty since they had ENT's right in front of them lol

[@chrisredfield1073]

@@ryn.999 He didn't specify he cut it up to max

[@ryn.999]

@Pamela Royce your comment implied that your volume is either at its max or higher than you normally have it at to watch this video. Is that the case or did I read “we listeners can always lower the volume” wrong?

[@angelbechtol7873]

As someone who had constant ear infections as a child I appreciate this sm^^ I would often end up losing a lot of my hearing at a time bc both my ears would be clogged with liquid and earwax. I would also suffer from a lot of inner esr pain and throbbing which really sucked. After going to the doctors a couple times they concluded that the enterance of my ear canal is too narrow for the liquid to properly leave leading to more ear infections than normal. I was on Claritin for nearly 2 years straight to prevent them until I was old enough to care for my ears properly by myself. Got my first ear infection in years a couple weeks ago and man do I not miss the loss of hearing and pain-

[@kimdoogleouo4521]

I used to get hella ear infections too due to poor drainage. I now wear silicone ear plugs whenever I shower. The only ear infection I’ve had in the last three or so years was after forgetting to wear the ear plugs in the shower once. I no longer make that mistake

[@Whimsytomatojuice]

Bug in ear is actually really scarily common. I had it once and everyone thought I was crazy. On the other hand, every day I would suffer from the horrendous noise it would make every time I moved. After a while, I took measures into my own hands and dug it out, causing scratching and bleeding in my ear canal. Careful y’all,, especially people with dogs. The bug that got into my ear was a tick. I used an ear wax removing tool, but I shoved it way too far and now I have pulses of ear pain every now and then :// Also;; to the people in the comments: (sorry in advance) literally a n y bug can get stuck in your ear if it can fit. Can include house bugs like ants and all that jazz :0 watch out!

[@JohnnyV.W]

I was hoping by the thumbnail that the Q-Tips are suddenly Ok to use to clean your ears lol

[@tribeofdog]

Same! 😂

[@andrewhillerich4878]

They always were, I'm living proof.

[@paulcollyer801]

@@andrewhillerich4878, me too, been using them regularly (maybe once a week) for 40+yrs

[@brianfox771]

@@paulcollyer801 Me too. As long as you're not jamming them violently in there, being careful and gentle, it shouldn't be a problem. But there are a lot of stupid, obtuse people in this world, so I'm sure there are a number of dull stones that have poked their eardrum out with a qtip.

[@Oscitant_Otter]

@@brianfox771 It's not so much about the eardrum, though, it's about the ear wax becoming impacted. For a lot of people who don't produce too much ear wax, they won't have a problem using q tips (though you might run into the problem of overcleaning like they mentioned in the video) but for people who do produce a lot of ear wax you risk just shoving a bunch of it down further into your ear where you can't reach it.

[@JoshCauchi1]

This was fantastic! As a hearing aid wearing (and soon to be cochlear wearing) person, can we have an ENT discuss hearing aid and cochlear implant myths?

[@YuBeace]

This is a great suggestion. How do hearing aids deal with wax build up? Many questions to be answered.

[@JoshCauchi1]

@@YuBeace I can answer that for you! Most hearing aid molds now have a small air hole to help equalize pressure as well as help the moisture in the ear canal to escape. Ear infections can be common but a good ENT can easily diagnose when something is amiss and give the correct medication.

[@YuBeace]

@@JoshCauchi1 Oh, sweet! :D

[@janetsutherland7649]

Firstly, congratulations on your cochlear implant. Secondly, I’d love for them to discuss hearing aids and cochlear implant myths too. It would be interesting.

[@ChrisW228]

@@YuBeace also, I put a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in monthly to clear them out. My ENT started me doing this as a child. The bubbling is freaky at first, but you get used to it.

[@jessicav931]

I was one of those cases with a cockroach in my ear. I was like 5 years old. I recall having the worse headache or my life, probably the first one (making worse, because I never felt this kind of pain before). I spent all night with the pain and doctors extracted the thing still alive the next morning.

[@dizzycat1983]

I’ve been using Q-tips in my ear for years and have not had any problems with doing it like that. I did stop for a while to see what happens and I stopped for over a month and when I went to use a Q-tip again my ears were full of ear wax. I had a problem not using a Q-tip and I’m probably alone on this one. I think as long as you’re very careful and don’t put it in past the cotton tip you’re good.

[@zerpblerd5966]

same here I think it is different people with different ear goegraphy that makes it a case-by-case thing but generally epople are dum and not careful so the advice is 'not safe'

[@peccantis]

I'm the same. My wax is a thick liquid, I need the cotton tip to absorb it. Sometimes it's a bit thicker, and I use an ear spoon. The feeling of soggy ears is maddening. Admitting this to a professional is always the same predictable back and forth... I'm an adult with good fine motorics and common sense, I'm taking every precaution to prevent poking myself, I use good product that doesn't fall apart, the alternative methods are ineffective, and every time I have my ear looked at I'm told it's very clean and healthy. Being told personally by a professional, after explaining all this, that it's categorically 'bad' to use q-tips for my ear wax, just makes me feel condescended to.

[@outcastatsabre]

Same. Especially when using earphones, a week without a q-tip and i can drag like matchhead out of there.

[@JR-Mystic]

The only time in my life I've ever had ear problems was when I listened to the advice and *stopped* using Q-tips in my ear canals. I got a painful ear infection that needed weeks of antibiotic ear drops to clear up. I'd never had any problems before, or since. This Q-tips ear advice is CLEARLY not universal, and it sickens me that they act like it is.

[@aresking9207]

The funniest part of this is how loud the ads were compared to the video. I’d have it on a normal volume, and then have to quickly turn it almost halfway down whenever an ad STARTED YELLING IN MY EAR ABOUT CARS like this 💀

[@niloinreverse]

I remember the time I smacked a flying termite into my ear... Lesson learned: swat them away from you, not into you ✨Good day,🙂

[@Kaice88]

that hearing loss is no joke. As someone who's been around loud music all my life and spending countless hours in practice rooms rehearsing with a full band in the tiniest of spaces I have to say that cumulative loss is no joke. My hearing has gone down hill and now im doing things to protect it but yeah no joke lol

[@Nakia11798]

People joke about it way too much tbh. They don't take it seriously

[@nowandaround312]

Is it not possible to use high fidelity earplugs during rehearsal?

[@Kaice88]

@@nowandaround312 It would’ve been and I should’ve but I was just stupid about it and never did it. Or when I would get plugs I would always forget them for rehearsals. It’s totally my fault. 🤦🏽‍♂️ but I do wear plugs now and try to protect my hearing at all costs. I was a young kid and thought “my hearing is fine!” So wrong lol

[@CritterKeeper01]

I'm a veterinarian, and I find it very interesting how things are the same in some ways and different in others. Dogs' ear canals are much longer than humans', with a vertical section and then a horizontal section more like humans' ear canals. Dogs who swim are much more likely to get ear infections, as water can get trapped in the horizontal canal, and we recommend owners rinse their dogs' ears out with an ear cleaning solution after each swim. The ear cleaning solution can displace the water, then evaporate away in a way the water can't; it also changes the pH a little and breaks up debris. Normal dogs don't have much debris in their ears, if we see debris in there it's almost always a sign of an infection. We also caution against using Q-tips, which can push debris in deeper, but I would never have an owner use something as harsh as alcohol or peroxide! Maybe dogs' ears are more delicate than humans'.

[@Oscitant_Otter]

Having used peroxide once in my ears recently, it felt like it stripped a layer of skin off inside. So tender and sore after. Definitely think it should be used diluted, if at all!

[@vivekvs1992]

This is my first time hearing someone recommending alcohol or peroxide to clean inside the ear... Its usually never recommended because by any bad luck if there's a perforation the middle ear is going to suffer.....they were pointing at random points in the anatomy... Are they really doctors?

[@ChrisW228]

I’ve been putting peroxide in my ears monthly since I was a child. (I’m 52 now.) It has been recommended/encouraged by every ENT I’ve ever seen. I’ve never diluted it and it never did anything but good.

[@Ash-72]

@@vivekvs1992 my sister had chronic ear infections as a child and into adulthood. Something that has majorly helped her stop them is using peroxide and a little bit of rubbing alcohol afterwards.

[@vivekvs1992]

@@Ash-72 I see... I was just cautioning people to not do it without prior visit to an ent.. A previously perforated ear drum plus alcohol or peroxide is a bad combo

[@aszechy]

I have next to no earwax and have found that putting some thick oily ointment in my ears before swimming really helps to protect agains swimmers ear (I once had a really bad case after which I basically didn't dare to put my head under water for many years until I figured this out. No earplugs would truly keep the water out, but ear plugs + ointment means the moisture that does get in does not cause a problem. I actually use nipple cream meant for breastfeeding moms because it doesn't have any perfume or other irritating ingredients, but plain olive oil also does the job. Alcohol, drying as it is, is absolutely the last thing I would put in my ears, but maybe it's different for people with a lot of wax...)

[@Heroo01]

Otolaryngology is a great word! I love learning new professions/studies' names. I'm currently in horology (study of time, I'm training to be a watchmaker), but I'm also a massive fan of the word lepidopterology, which is the study of butterflies and moths!

[@afterburn2600]

When I was a kid I had a lot of nose bleeds. I was a pro at stopping them - usually had it licked before anyone noticed. But every now and again, a teacher would notice and tell me to do ridiculous things that didn't work at all and then get mad when I'd ignore them so I could stop my own bleed normally. So glad you debunked the "pinch the bridge and tilt back" concept. Leaning back only gives the blood a route to flow - right into your throat and down to your stomach. To promote clotting, stop the flow. Simple as that. The other one that made no sense was lean forward. Yeah, at least it's going into a tissue and not your throat, but why have it flow in the first place? Get a neutral attitude (the position will change depending on where the bleed is - is it low in the nostril or deeper in the nasal cavity) and hold it there. Minimal routes for the blood to flow, clotting is quick, and you don't have a dozen bloody tissues or an upset stomach from swallowing all that blood.

[@limegreenmamba5218]

They're gonna have to pry my Q-Tips out of my cold, dead ears.

[@SB-eu3gc]

This is golden.

[@sirawlinson]

Haha!

[@Sunshine134chick]

😂😂😂😂

[@shawbros]

Q-Tips in your ears is not as bad as they try to claim, as long as you are competent enough to do it without pushing the wax in. Their warnings are because they do not know who is, and who is not competent enough to do it properly, so to err on the side of caution, they just tell everyone to not do it.

[@elisaaguilar6423]

Exactly. I’m not going out with earwax and shit in my ear.

[@katizzle92]

I experienced intense ear pain whenever I wore earbuds years ago but it wasn't for any of those reasons. I went to my doctor and she also said that it was my jaw but it turned out that it was my swollen lymph node on my left side pressing on a nerve in my ear. I could tell because I reached deep into my throat with my fingers and pressed in on it and as I did that I can feel the pain in my ear. I realized it was from vaping all the time so when I quit the pain went away. I'm sharing this just in case somebody else happens to have that same problem you're not alone.

[@Nakia11798]

Thanks for sharing! I actually have recurrent lymph node issues whenever I'm fighting off an illness, so I definitely understand the weird pains that can come with it. I'm hoping this doesn't become a major issue later in life, but both my mother and sister have had serious problems with theirs so...

[@katizzle92]

@@Nakia11798 so sorry to hear that! For me I figured out it was from vaping so ever since I quit I don't have that problem anymore. Hope all gets better with you guys!

[@missccarr89]

Interesting to stumble upon this since Doja Cat just had tonsillitis from vaping

[@tangoangel2782]

Love q tips. Have used them for 43 years. People should just not be idiots - clean daily after shower, so stuff does not accumulate and therefore nothing gets pushed in, and do not push hard to hurt your ear. Does not take a PhD to follow simple instructions and do not hurt yourself.

[@l.a.9406]

Thank you for confirming one my worst nightmares with the bug in the ears. 🤦‍♀️

[@fofoflashy3383]

Well at least they confirmed that the bug doesnt go into my brain and it doesn't eat my brain! So that's smth

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

My ear suffers from HUGE builds of wax and when I tried to "stop using ear buds" and rely on "ear wax drops", my ears got blocked even FASTER than before and I had to go to the doctor again to use a "suction device" to pull the wax out. If they can make a *FUNCTIONAL "consumer-friendly" suction device for ear wax,* THEN I can stop using ear buds because now I will have an *alternative* to ear buds rather having to pay so much money every few months at the hospital just to clear the wax in my ears...... :(

[@aurin_komak]

I saw an ad for a drill-shaped device once that's designed for ear wax removal, but the ad looked like a total scam. Idk if it was, but the ad was made in such a way that it totally looked like one lmao

[@ysoserious2408]

The doctors are wrong here. No idea why they're suggesting you 'stop' q tips on the inner ear. You NEED to clean the ear wax out regularly why 'stop' and use alcohol or a 'warm rag' as if that's going to clean the inner ear or hydrogen peroxide???? Seriously? This is internet advice. Good golly it's getting out of hand.

[@aurin_komak]

@@ysoserious2408 source?

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

I got swimmer's ear in the middle of winter one time, and the doctor was like, "...Have you been swimming..?" It occured to me later that day that it might have been caused by the ear squirty thingy I'd been cleaning my ears with. I have a tendency to overclean basically anything because of my OCD, so I'm not surprised that it happened...

[@divyak9980]

I got an an ear infection because I overcleaned my ears. I don't have an OCD but when I don't clean my ears I almost feel like I can feel the wax in my ear and it feels itchy and I experience physical discomfort. But since the painful infection I have been trying to control myself.

[@littlemouse9900]

I've gotten swimmers ear from the shower head rinsing out my ears as I shower. Blew my mind cause that was recommended by a doctor to do.

[@infinitedeath1384]

So in other words, it's better just to leave your ears alone, and don't put q tips in or clean them in the shower. I leave mine alone, and I have not once had an ear infection. I even had an ear perforated once, but it still didn't get infected. My hearing is also fine in both ears, despite one of them being perforated one time.

[@Nakia11798]

Yeah makes sense. My ears tend to hurt after using mine, so I can imagine you must've gotten real deep in there. I hope you can be more careful with it in the future.

[@Nakia11798]

@@divyak9980 If you can keep it down to once a week at most, I think you'll be okay with it. :)

[@JoshRhoton]

Staying at a girlfriends place in the woods when I was younger I had a grey moth, like you see in clothes or grains, fly down my ear when I was almost asleep and freaked me out. It's wings would flap against my ear drum when it panicked only to make me panic even more. Tried everything to dig it out and about an hour later finally poured a bunch of water in my ear from the bathroom trying not to wake up everyone else and finally floated it out. Damn that sucked!!!!

[@8stormy5]

What got me to appreciate the fragility of the head's sinuses and cavities was visiting Wyoming. I live at 70 ft above sea level in humid Florida, and within three days of visiting thousands-of-feet-above-sea-level Wyoming, in a very dry part of the year, I got two nosebleeds and an ear failed to equalize so bad I couldn't tip my head or swallow without being in intense pain.

[@chocolateladycap2773]

I just had an appointment with Dr. Voigt and he was great!! He was soooo nice!! I recommend him to everybody.

[@peggycarter6460]

I think I'm over my fear of cockroa... "cockroches can get in your ear" thanks :).

[@sakuranovaryan9261]

Since an early grade, my school just had really noisy classes. And I don't know if this effected all the students the same but after 10 years of studying in my school I started to realize the difference in my hearing. I would usually miss what people say a little quieter...and sometimes I would miss things they say normally too. Then I checked with the ear doctor and they say I have a hearing problem in my left year. Even tho I'm so careful with my ears (not blasting loud noises,trying not to speak too loudly,outer ear cleaning etc...) I still hear a little less in my left ear. And it gives me anxiety sometimes cause both my parents are deaf and they really get panicky about these things. Anyways sry if this gives anybody anxiety I just want everybody to take care of their hearing. Im glad I can hear people still. Try to take the best care of your ears,eyes and voice. These things help us view the world comfortably and completely.

[@mkuti-childress3625]

Good job taking care of your ears. Were your parents’ hearing problems acquired, or were they born with them?

[@Nakia11798]

Yeah, loud environments can definitely do that. It affected me a little as well, but not enough to worry about.

[@serainaburge6928]

This was really interesting, appreciate that they also provided some material to look at.

[@s.o.3753]

This is seriously the best series that has ever been made on KZbin. I agree with that other comment, this should be mandatory in schools or something.

[@millykay3209]

I would’ve loved to hear them talk about choanal atresia, I was born with it and in fact nearly died on multiple occasions because none of the drs knew what it was, my good side would block and I couldn’t breathe and would turn purple, it wasn’t until my mum took me to an ent specialist 4 hours away that he figured it out with a simple cotton ball. I then had to have multiple surgeries under the age of 1 to repair it

[@Emmieaudios]

I definitely agree with the last point. Last year I had severe ear pain, it turned out to be a severe tooth infection. I had no other symptoms, I was very shocked when I found out the cause of my pain.

[@sams3015]

My airpods caused me to temporary loose my hearing when I fell asleep with them on, it just turned out they pushed the wax back. I was fine after they were drained

[@Siosifa]

Wow, Airpods did that? Unless you had the pros, those things don't go very far into the ears like ones with earbud sleeves.

[@eddyhoopin]

@@Siosifa unless the person has lots of earwax

[@YuBeace]

@@eddyhoopin Falling asleep with them on does sound like a cause for wax buildup for any person, even if their wax production is normal.

[@YuBeace]

@@Siosifa Just the fact that you’re closing off the canal in general will prevent any wax from going out. Keep it up for a couple of hours while asleep in bed and you’ll have hours and hours of undrained wax in your ear.

[@eddyhoopin]

@@YuBeace yikes

[@abmong]

"Bugs don't want to be inside your ear" I wish someone have told the ant that bit and died inside my ear canal that...

[@dianaval6082]

I could’ve but I don’t speak bug sorry

[@AmyAndThePup]

Ack, that sounds like it hurt, bad. :(

[@abmong]

@@AmyAndThePup yeah happened when I was about 4 or 5 maybe 6. Mum thought it was an ear infection. Doctor took a look with the ear scope thing. Said there was a dead ant still laying on top of the bump where it bit me. It bit and never let go apparently. Committed little bugger. 😂

[@stchannel2476]

Thank u so much for a great video. My ear/nose/throat doctor retired so I went to a new doctor. He showed me the warning on the Q tip box. At the time he said I had an infection inside my ear( it felt hot and itchy inside)coz I was always using Qtips. I always had a problem with wax buildup in my right ear and would always go once a year and have my ears cleaned out. The doctor sent me a utube video in Japanese explaining why u shouldn’t clean your ears . Your explaining it in English is easier to understand and also thanks for answering a lot of my question. My dad also had a problem with wax buildup and I remember he used to pour some kind of liquid into his ears and it would bubble up and the wax would drain out. Thank you for a great video doctors!

[@NeeLee98345]

You should get them back again, they are so calm, explaining everything, they showed everything, but I would like to hear more about the throat, they talked mostly about the ear and a bit for the nose. Great video. 👌

[@linah.939]

what would you recommend doing when your ear feels itchy from wax?

[@seenyab4494]

I know its kinda late, but I I always use a debrox kit. You can find them at your local pharmacy. It's basically a suction bulb and they also give you this saline solution to use. When it runs out though, I recommend using salt water or maybe even the rubbing alcohol that the doctor recommended in the video.

[@linah.939]

@@seenyab4494 thank you!

[@shadowfire04]

they said to clean it out using rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.

[@sydney45]

@@seenyab4494 its actually hydrogen peroxide, not saline. Save you some money and use the same stuff in your first aid kit. I peroxide my ears right before a shower so I can flush them with warm water right away. When the peroxide touches your soul, your ears are clean 🙃

[@d4rkz3r011]

This one was super insightful. I loved all the diagrams they had to illustrate exactly what they were referring too

[@vvaldo314]

As a child I had an insect in my ear canal, from my grandfather's experiencie the quickest way to kill a bug while getting professional help, is to block the entrance of the ear with petroleum jelly, without air the insect dies quickly and stops moving.

[@nicopicco]

I had otitis when I was 3, and the night before I was getting a tube inserted, my eardrum has ruptured with pus. Then I had it again in my teens after spending a long day at the waterpark. That was 3 week of absolute pain, could not lay my head down on a pillow. My whole external ear was so inflamed. Great video.

[@MrPaulMorris]

Absolutely agree with the observation that exposure to high (but not painful) noise levels over a period of time can have adverse consequences. I can give an example from personal experience: when I was working as an avionics technician on helicopters we were all supposed to wear ear defenders if engines were running on the flight line (for fairly obvious reasons) but we avionics guys also needed to carry our mic-tel headsets with us to check the radios so got into the habit of just wearing those rather than the protective equipment. They worked well enough that the sound levels were no longer painful and it was one less thing to carry around Fast forward ten years and a hearing test showed a big dip in the frequency response--right around the frequency of the jet engines on the helicopters I serviced. Coincidence? Even more annoyingly, in recent years I have developed tinnitus which is at almost exactly the same frequency so I can hear those engines whining in my ears 24/7. Protect your hearing! If you are in noisy environments, wear the appropriate protection and don't take short cuts!

[@rohannazir7739]

You guys have no idea how informative this video is - I have been telling my friends to use a noise canceling headphones. Yet most of them stick to airpods and I hope they don't get any issues ever

[@savagecinnamonroll6282]

I know you're not supposed to put qtips in your ear but God damn it feels so good

[@25maxman]

It's not fair how good it feels. I do tend to rip some of the cotton off though

[@AninoNiKugi]

I like it the most when my mother does it so until now I ask her to do it for me LOL

[@rawman44]

It's really not an issue if you do it right lol plenty of people have been doing it all their lives and have had no problems, myself included. I do it right out of the shower, maybe 2-3 times a week. And even then that might be a little too much, but I've never had any problems and my hearing is just fine

[@Wegothacked]

I twist it also like go around the ear canal not shove it in lmao

[@SaBoTeUr2001]

Referred pain is such a curveball. I had neck pain following a cold, which turned out to be an ear infection. The doctor nearly missed it, until I happened to mention a feeling of "fullness" in the ear (not pain, per se).

[@YuBeace]

I had ear pains for so many years and the regular doc would look in there, and even my nose, and not find anything. Rinse and repeat. Cue one single visit to the ENT doctor, who touched my jaw joint and instantly found the source of my pain. Haven’t had this problem ever since.

[@Nakia11798]

I feel you, I've had many ear pains actually caused by TMJ issues, and my one ear infection almost got missed because of it and a wax buildup.

[@fitybux4664]

11:30 You can also lose your sense of smell in only one nostril. Most people have never done the test to smell out of one nostril at a time.

[@Strange_Man1911]

I've always used to Q tips to clean my ears my entire life ever since I was a kid. I always wash my ears with water while I'm taking a shower then I lightly insert a Q tip and swirl it around without going in too deep. I never had any single ear problem.

[@eblake3617]

The Try Guys did a video 2 years ago now where they had their ears cleaned by an ENT. It is my favourite video

[@SummaGirl1347]

"The Loss of Smell is always Temporary"...I WISH!! I had Anosmia (loss of taste/smell) for 15 years due to Chronic Polyposis. It is so devastating. Thank God for Dupixent!

[@Jammin1288]

I suffered for 4 years until Dupixent changed everything. Such a blessing

[@SummaGirl1347]

@@Jammin1288 I cry every time I give myself an injection. I am so grateful! I never thought I'd recover. Most people have no idea how blessed they are to have all their senses intact.

[@michellesmirnova4471]

That sounds awful, I’m really glad there’s medication for such things!

[@sarahbells]

Is that a common treatment? Have heavy side effects? I had anosmia this year from Covid along with parosmia but I never went to a doctor as I didn’t think there were true treatments.

[@ann7878]

I never understood the Qtip thing as you are manipulating the swab and also feeling it from the inside so you can draw back instantly. Also going not too far in and in circles should be safe. I suppose the consistency of your earwax and how much common sense you have would also be factors!

[@PrettyJuls]

I really enjoyed your video. I have so many issues and my ENT doc really hasn’t helped… I love that you are helpful and go over everything…. I wish you would do a video on nose issues and throat. I’m gonna look at your other videos :)

[@amyspeers8012]

I was a school nurse for many years and I never had my students tip their heads back with nose bleeds. I do remember a first aid class MANY years ago that taught you to tip the head back…but not anymore.

[@Nobody76946]

Omg I just saw a different video w this guy in it! He saved a woman’s life bc he watched an HGTV show and noticed a lump in her throat and got a hold of her via social media! The woman had thyroid cancer. Freaking amazing

[@ermonnezzasoio]

Thanks a lot for this video! I think hear loss is undervaluated among people in general, especially among younger. I can´t understand why I have to carry on noise protectors with me every time I go to a concert, disco, festival, sometimes even the cinema! The sound pressure is simply too much and completely useless. It just hurts. I already have 2 tinnitus, caused by musicians who put the volume of their instruments too loud, and can´t heal it. Please be respectful with others´ health!

[@AnkitSingh-ez5gc]

Did your tinnitus go away ? Been dealing with it from a month, i think it's decreasing though

[@ermonnezzasoio]

@@AnkitSingh-ez5gc Hi, no, it´s always with me... I just try not to pay too much attention to it. Stress and other psychological factors can make it louder or quieter. Maybe yours will disappear. Try to see an audiologist. All the best!

[@patmaurer8541]

Losing taste and smell was surprisingly disorienting. It took about 2 months after I recovered to come back--thank goodness it did!

[@mariaverina]

As someone with a cockroach phobia, nightmare unlocked. Thanks💀

[@danieldale6469]

I get an itch in my ears that can only be reached by a Qtip. My doctor was Horrified when I told her. But that's the way it goes

[@neomt2]

They said put mineral oil on qtip

[@vtigzy]

A couple of drops of colloidal silver can do wonders for itchy ears! Game changer for things like eczema, psoriasis or other skin irritations inside the ear. Plain Q-tips feel good in the moment but can make the irritation worse & recurring by damaging the ear surface. Do it several times a day if needed but you should find you can cut back drastically pretty quickly.

[@Ginger9802566]

my biggest fear is bugs getting in my ear, every time i see a bug or cockroach i would make sure to kill it or i would be sleeping with my mom lol. cause i once read a news about a fly getting into an old man's ear and laid eggs in it. he didn't take action until a week later, went to the doctor and find out there were 20 maggots crawling inside his ear canal. truly terrified til today

[@SY-ok2dq]

OMG! Stomach churning. That sounds like something out of a horror movie - even worse than a cockroach in your ear. All of these stories about bugs in the ears is starting to make me paranoid...

[@AmyAndThePup]

@@SY-ok2dq Same... I'm cringing so much.

[@sona7444]

“don’t dig in your ear with a q-tip…” also: “cockroaches can go into the ear…”

[@sweetcanada17]

“Can” means, “they have the ability to…” However, it doesn’t mean they should.

[@fevre_dream8542]

To be fair, the cockroach is also really bad for the ear. I wouldn't suggest replacing q-tips with cockroaches.

[@Roman-gy7pr]

@@fevre_dream8542 glue cotton on them bad boys and let them do their job, then just cut your ears off and get them out. It gets easier after the first try.

[@Andre-jp4yt]

@@fevre_dream8542 lol

[@journeyon1983]

Two schools of thoughts here. Number 1. I can almost guarantee you that about 90 to 95% of all people who buy Q-Tip cotton swabs use them to clear the ear canal of excess wax. For me, I do it this way. Just after taking a long hot shower, which aids in loosening that wax, it then becomes easier to clean out all the wax build up but you have to do it just after stepping out of the shower. The ear canal, at this point is very moist/humid making the wax very loose and brings it closer to the surface of the outer ear making it safer to clean it out. I've done this for about 45 years and have never had a problem pushing wax in deeper in or doing any other ear canal/ear drum damage using this method. This, too, is also a fact. All of us have a hair follicle area just before the eardrum. There are many of them clustered together. So when cleaning the ear with a Q-Tip, you can actually hear it rubbing against those hair follicles, when you go deep enough, and that's when you need to stop. You'll hear a scratchy sound when the Q-Tip hits them. This is a warning for you to not go any further inside your ear canal. Doing it this way, you'll be safe. Also, I think this "Don't do it" mentality written on the packaging makes people want to because they don't like being told what to do. And isn't it convenient that they make Q-Tips so that they perfectly fit inside your ear canal? If they were made to clean just the outer ear, they would have make the tips a lot bigger. There's something to think about. Number 2. Yes, I was outside covering some blueberry bushes to keep birds from eating them. Then, all of a sudden, some small winged bug flew right in my ear and it was buzzing inside. That was truly a weird/strange feeling. At first I did not know what it was. I thought some bug was flying close to my ear several times but later realized it was right inside my ear canal. Yikes! Well, all I did was put some mineral oil in my ear and that killed it. Then I washed it out using an ordinary syringe filled with and warm water to wash it out. Syringes work a lot better than those ear bulb syringes sold at pharmacy's. Luckily, I did not freak out, knowing there was a buzzing bug inside my ear. I kept calm throughout the whole situation. To conclude, just use your common sense and stay calm when it comes to your ears. BTW, just to let you know, if you are exposed to loud sounds, as this video talks about, the first thing you will lose are the high end sounds, not the deep base sounds. That means you will no longer hear crickets, cymbals or any other very high-pitched sounds. Always stay away from any area where you know there will be loud sounds like at a concert or gunfire. Gunfire close to the ear will have an immediate impact. That happened to me once and it took a couple of months for me to regain that lost hearing back. I was lucky that my hearing did come back. Take care of your ears and eyes because they are prone to a lot of damaging elements we are exposed to every day.

[@teresamanuszak4183]

What an incredibly thorough response.

[@brianphillips7818]

I am 49 and have been using Q-Tips to clean my ears for as long as I can remember. And just like you said, I clean my ears right out of the shower.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

In regards to gunfire... "Double hearing protection" is best for places like a shooting range. {for those who don't know} It starts with "triple flange" ear plugs in the canals... AND don't cheap out... Get a decent set if you have to go to a pharmacy and ask about recommended brands... Almost any of the silicone based triple flanged (three flaps on each plug) are at least decent, but there's still a dubious "you get what you pay for" principle involved. Better versions fit more easily and snugly inside the canal and don't wriggle back out just because you yawn or talk... You CAN (though there's also a law of "diminished returns") get a set specifically sized or even shaped to your ear canal... THEN get the "Mickey Mouse Ear" type over-the-ear muffs... These are particularly protective against "concussive" noises like an individual gunshot... While the triple flanged are better for the regular machinery noises going on around you... AND at a gun range, you'll have multiple people shooting at a time, often in rapid successions so it also "bleeds into" the territory of heavy machinery noise... rather similar to the sound of a dragster engine with open headers... and easily just as destructive... The "Mickey Mouse Ears" are cups of hard plastic, and that kind of sound penetrates them readily... but gets baffled and muffled down by the silicone inner ear plugs... Thus why we recommend "Double Hearing Protection" if you take up shooting at a range. Finally, straight from a military ear specialist, "You should wear some hearing protection any time you're exposed to sound louder than a common hair dryer." That bit of wisdom was explained to me as a solid "judgment call" for deciding on my own in the field, rather than this or that many decibels. I mean, honestly, how are you going to know what the decibels are without an expensive piece of equipment on you ALL the time??? It's an exponentiated system, meaning 5 dB is 10 times louder than 4 and one tenth as loud as 6dB... Think about that. It makes it pretty dubious to guess on the curve... SO a "rule of thumb" is helpful. ;o)

[@AjuntaPall316]

Used Q-tips after a shower, every single day, for the last 30 years. Never had an ear infection. Never hurt or damaged anything. My hearing tests show I have above average hearing ranges. But I'll see your warning and raise you a "Pfft."

[@AjuntaPall316]

@@elijahfluw4347 In the ear as much as the video thumbnail anyway.

[@yoc7785]

I got told by a doctor to use a qtip when I had my ear blocked by wax. I didn't trust him so I went to another doctor and he was like HE SAID WHAT?? And then he took a deep breath and explained to me, like he was trying really hard to contain himself and not trash talk his colleague, that you're not really supposed to do that.

[@gracebergeon2155]

i like how they actually made this video quieter too. i got an ad in the middle and didn’t realize i’d turned my volume all the way up until it blasted so much louder than this video

[@kbyeforever]

that's a bad thing though lol it should be volume leveled with everything else so it doesn't cause hearing problems when it goes to an ad or the next video. i thought i was losing my hearing during the video because the volume is up 3x as high as normal. what do you think happens next video lol luckily i'm watching on a tv and not using ear buds or headphones

[@nopeno9130]

There may be many myths and irrational fears around cleaning your ears, but I can remember the consequences of messing up for my mother. She busted her eardrums using q-tips or something like that, and was in bed in pain for a week or more and described maddening ringing noises that would never go away the whole time. Even if there are myths and such or "times and ways it's OK", it certainly seems like the risk of extreme suffering if you're mistaken for some reason is real, and it's better to only let medical professionals(and I'm not talking about folk/traditional practices) put anything into your ear regardless of what you see on the internet.

[@cultistlane7654]

Thank you for mentioning wet wax sufferers with Q-tips. I find I rarely need to go in the canal fully to get the wax out because it clumps. Just a light twist and you've got it.

[@JediBunny]

I love these two together! They should have their own series!

[@joserosa5342]

My whole time using Q tips. Never had any infections or problems in the ears

[@mkuti-childress3625]

Yeah, it’s weird to find out that something you always do isn’t safe. It’s hard to take it seriously. They’re not wrong, though.