1,533 - Highly Complex Ear Infection Removal from Collapsing Ear Canal

[@thewaxwhisperer]

Sorry for the upload format. I had already edited the video to 16:9 screen view before realising it was incorrect, and by this stage it was too late! Will revert back to preferred format of 1:1 with small image of myself next time I record myself narrating. Please accept my apologies.

[@22Purplemist]

I like this format

[@heathercashero6806]

No apologies needed! We love seeing you there next to the image!❤❤

[@LorraineCollier-z3x]

Neel I love seeing you on the half screen no need to apologize. You mentioned shingles and I didn't know you could get shingles on the face. I have had shingles before and it is very painful. You worked hard very hard on this ear and you did a great job. Your narration was so informative. Thank you Lorraine Love by the bay ❤️

[@TheRealLucifer-Morningstar]

Hey neil you connor rhys taylor and nurse Richard should do a video together

[@dillodefense]

Next time you send a letter, include the video so some nurse can not dismiss the letter.

[@CarlaRaborn]

You have no reason to apologize as all your work is wonderful. Glad to see you on screen

[@Howdy1957]

Neel, however you choose to present your content is perfectly acceptable. Don’t try to please everyone and those who do not like your presentation can go elsewhere. Your videos are informative and interesting- ignore those detractors.❤

[@_the_concestor_8185]

I can feel your frustration, Neel, when you mention how they dismissed the possibility of infection even though you had written a formal letter. It’s not like you’ve been specialising in this field for years and years or anything…

[@murielsmith3782]

Let's hope that the patient gets to see the doctor this time and gets the proper treatment they need you did a good job cleaning the ear it's nice to see you on camera it's great the way you demonstrate what is happening love the little wave at the end thank you

[@dianeburgess8699]

Wow, that was a difficult one Neel. Thank goodness the patient came back to you. Many many people are so against progress with medical procedures and instruments, in fact they are stuck in the dark ages with regard to progression. Love the video and narrative, thank you 👏❤️

[@lisarobb3064]

Holy yikes! How very rude of the GP, dismissing your diagnosis, and then doing nothing for their patient! Thank goodness they came to you Neel. Fabulous video! Thanks so much to both of you for sharing. ❤️🇨🇦

[@shendisackett]

The patient didn't see the GP they saw the nurse who dismissed it.

[@lisarobb3064]

@@shendisackett same dif.

[@shendisackett]

@@lisarobb3064 not in the UK. Unfortunately the receptionists always push ear infections to the practise nurses/paramedic nowadays who don't always get treatment right. The nurse, in their defence would not have had access to the letter written to the GP. I have chronic health problems so am at my GPs a lot so I know the system and it needed the patient to push to be seen by the GP who had the letter.

[@lisarobb3064]

@@shendisackett That’s crazy. Here in Canada my family doctor sees me and no one else. Unless I go to the E.R. Even then she would still be advised of the situation. Really glad Neel could help them though! Have a good night.❤️🇨🇦

[@heathercashero6806]

This poor patient. It's so frustrating that your recommendations were dismissed, and the patient was dismissed with a raging infection and no help! Hope it all gets sorted out for them this time!

[@2000mamusa]

This videos are highly addictive

[@sarahkorver2439]

Lol I absolutely 💯 agree with you.. its my night time calming routine as Mr Neel has such a calming voice, plus watching the treatment procedures are so fascinating.. im pleased I've found another KZbinr obcessed the same as me lol 😂❤❤xxx

[@2000mamusa]

@@sarahkorver2439 Iam sure Neel is reading your comment with a smile on his cute face.😂

[@rebeccachilders5549]

You will always be the Wax Whisperer to me Sir

[@sarahkorver2439]

Absolutely 💯 right ✅ xxx

[@rebeccachilders5549]

@@sarahkorver2439 he could be the ME whisperer too 😂...he's so handsome

[@wanrapea]

What a beautiful job you did, under some difficult circumstances. Hope this patient gets his ear cleared up. How awful for him!

[@AnnetteMitton]

Oh Neel, so happy that you are doing this video format! I really like this format. ❤😊

[@debbie3218]

Neel, your videos are perfect just the way they are. You do amazing work!

[@shanniewu5118]

Hey Neel, you are like a hero to this patient, keep up the nice and helpful work ❤

[@veerlepeeters4559]

First of all you don’t have to apologise for the size of the screen , I didn’t had any problems with it . It was a great clean up for the patient to ad medicine in the ear , and hopefully the get rid of it . Thanks and see you soon sir , 🇧🇪😘

[@maryannklein2235]

Agree. Screen size OK.

[@paulanoble1244]

So happy this person came to you because you care so much for your parents. ❤

[@sandiodonovan8953]

As I have followed your channel for years now, I remember this poor patient having returned to have their ears cleaned out, how frustrating for them and you also, thanks for sharing Neel 👏👂💜✌️🇮🇪

[@jaynemalanka831]

Good to see you on camera again.

[@Jackie-jz4gr]

I love the way you clear the debris up. Beautiful clean. I have watched another site and the end was disgusting. Love watching you

[@angelaroberts6077]

Your content is fantastic and I enjoy seeing you as you explain and narrate. So humble you are, young man.

[@diamondonpurpose9145]

No apologies needed! It is what it is til next time.🙂 Thank you for your dedication and expertise!!!

[@AnnamarieMann-c3w]

What alot of infection. Wow, once again I learned something. Thank you.

[@DR-nc4kc]

The ever curious Mr. Neel and quite handsome if I must say so myself. Ever learning and freely teaching,full of kindness. There is so much more to you than meets the eye. Enjoy life ❤

[@ellenfee728]

I wish you were able to take a swab, send it to the lab and have the results sent to you and the GP! It would make so much more sense. With how knowledgeable you are I’m sure you are capable of taking a swab and sending it to the lab. Instead of 4 visits (or 5) it could have been 2!

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

I think the same thing every time he mentions a patient needing a swab! It seems that it would expedite treatment, and avoid nonsense like this patient being told they didn't have an infection. As far as I am concerned, that GP/nurse should have to pay the fee of this patient needing to return to Neel so soon. It's not right that through what seems a lazy oversight the patient has to deal with another fee that could have most likely been avoided. I will never understand why the medical systems there and over here insist on being so overly complicated.

[@catesmith3011]

Such a labourious undertaking. Good on you. ❤

[@SandraBowling-j1t]

Hi there Mr. Raithatha! I just wanted to say that I love your videos! I love hearing you talk, I love your positive energy and I love watching what you do and learning about it! You’re just awesome! 😊

[@RobinsTinyHomestead]

It looks so much better. I am curious, is it possible to use the standard size suction probe in cases like this if you put it in the ear and then turn on the suction? Have a good night😀

[@pixeldoc7119]

The issue with that is still the same; it will create a contained vacuum with in the ear canal, and the weakest point in this enclosed space will be the tympanic membrane (eardrum). This, in turn, can relatively easily cause the eardrum to rupture. So, not a good idea.

[@reneewilson]

@@pixeldoc7119thanks for explaining that, I was wondering that too. 😊

[@pillepolle3122]

Ahh, morning coffee and a new wax extraction video. Love it

[@azamyahmad]

Hello there and welcome back Neel .. and as always beautiful sharing upload and share and as always you nailed it and doing such an amazing job !! .. million thanks ..

[@sylviagarcia3672]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I learn something new with each video I watch.

[@DribWatching]

So good to see you again!

[@rebeccalohnes4016]

Great video and narration. Thank you

[@Rippypoo]

Thanks for the videos.

[@marilynpruitt7905]

Love your videos and admire your work. To just give you a laugh, I thought this video looked very much like my dryer vent before being cleaned. Thanks for all you do.

[@resQfurppl]

excellent job Neel!! you are a stellar professional, i totally trust everything you do ❤❤ i know those angles are tough. i’ve seen videos with inside & outside view, it’s extremely tedious, especially the left if you’re right handed, which you have mentioned in other videos ☺️ see i listen! 😆❤

[@DoloresAnnAlexander-qe3ql]

God bless you, and all that you do for your patients

[@K4T4YOUN]

Another amazing video and procedure perfectly and skillfully performed by you! Also, color red suits you very much! 🎉

[@lindapreater840]

Thanks for the information it’s so interesting

[@suezannehoward7945]

Yesssss youre back .

[@karen3602]

Patients must understand that having their ears clean does not a quick fix to the problem. Hopefully they get the help they need. And thank you for explaining everything in both technical and layman’s terms.

[@shendisackett]

I don't think it was the patients fault, they were seen by a nurse who decided the infection had cleared up.

[@karen3602]

@@shendisackett agreed.

[@Idge68]

Thanks for the clips however they come.🤗♥️

[@Lost_Again_]

Im still obesessed with watching all of these. Lol. I learn so much! Thank you ❤

[@dianamerola4671]

Looks so much better

[@RAndretti]

This format is good

[@wdt1926]

You have a very soothing voice.

[@isabellebowden296]

Love those videos. Never knew ears were big enough to have so much stuff in them. Recently I had that done, nothing really, but it was fascinating. I can’t believe the amount of hair there is also. Totally addictive. Well done sir

[@icare4you123]

I really enjoyed that. Such good work. Hope the patient is soon on the mend. Looks so painful.

[@Vick77777]

I really like this format!

[@malindalevings6977]

This is my favorite. Great job.

[@robertkellum6881]

Cant you turn off the suction of the larger one and then once in the ear, turn the suction on?

[@glendastaples8206]

Would it be possible or helpful to provide this video link to the GP? Especially in cases like this.

[@rosariodagosto6484]

Your. An. Extremely. Clever. E.N.T. surgeon. Dr. Keep. It. Up. 😊😊😊

[@shirleyanneyoung955]

Audiologists aren’t doctors or surgeons. In the UK they aren’t allowed to write prescriptions or make diagnoses, that’s why Neel talks about writing letters to the GP. He obviously can suggest what he thinks is wrong with the patient’s ear but it’s up to the GP to take swabs and make the actual diagnosis and then go on to prescribe the correct medication. Neel (and other audiologists) can prescribe over the counter medication but nothing more. I hope you don’t mind me correcting you, I don’t mean to be rude.

[@leonaheraty3760]

Well done! 😊

[@tangiessubtleluxuries]

Great video!❤❤❤

[@Fazzer57]

Neel, I have to question the GP not prescribing antibiotics when it is very evident an infection exists. Perhaps a better examination by the GP should have taken place. Well, hopefully the second time around will get a result from the GP, the poor patient can't carry on like this. As always, a great informative video Neel, a little more knowledge I've stored in my empty brain cells. At the rate I'm learning about these procedures I'll have a full house 😅. Also great to see you back narrating, it is so much better for learning, it gives it that personal touch. Thank you Neel 😊

[@shendisackett]

The problem is the patient didn't get to see their GP they saw the nurse who decided the infection was gone.

[@susanreynolds8232]

I love watching your videos and have always wondered - when you mention that you write a letter to the patient’s doctor with your assessment and recommendations, do you send a link to the patient’s video? If this patient’s doctor had seen this, no way would this patient have been turned away!

[@22Purplemist]

Yes he does

[@terriwetz6077]

What irritates me about this was the patient never got past the nurse at clinic. The doctor never examined him!

[@paulinehawkins2207]

Loved this video so much. Xxx

[@TsKitchenCookingChannel242]

❤❤❤YOUR CHANNEL!!!

[@Lovesall_pugmixes]

I love to see you !!

[@SabinaGibbs-c7f]

For ear canals that close from the suction of the bigger tube, is it possible to insert them to turn on suction?

[@tammylemoine3019]

Amazing skill❤

[@ashcraft555]

When you do a removal like this, are you able to send any of the removed debris to a lab to be cultured?

[@johnsamuel221]

Having watched many of your, and other videos, I've wondered whether you could control the suction with an on/off button or lever on the suction tube. When trying to get small, dry skin pieces I see the constant suction often gets in the way of the piece you are after.

[@pamelaabettis7225]

This looks so much like the client of Connor’s that had the Aspergillis infection and would rapidly return.

[@pete-wv6mu]

I had impetigo in my ear once. This itch was very angry, and persistent. Great video.

[@bjthomas1215]

I have a question about the collapsing of the ear canal. Would it be possible to insert the full-sized suction and turn it on after you get it in place? I am very ignorant about the intricacies of ear wax removal so your answer will help me to understand. Thanks.

[@22Purplemist]

No, the canal would still collapse

[@darkfire007]

Please forgive my ignorance, but when you were trying to put the full-size tube in the ear, would it have been dangerous to turn the suction off so you could get the tube past the swelling and then turn it on? Of course I wouldn’t want you to do anything that would hurt the patient but I didn’t know if that would be an option. Thanks in advance.

[@caraweisel]

Just a side note, that color red looks really nice on you.

[@leonaheraty3760]

It's too bad the GP dismissed your diagnosis. At least you can know in your heart you did the best you could for your client.

[@maryannklein2235]

Oh boy! This was a tough toffee!

[@shrimpbisque]

I used to get ear infections all the time as a kid, so I know that poor patient was in a lot of pain from that. Thanks for being so compassionate in your treatment! Incidentally, I'm guessing the pain and discomfort was why you didn't go in with a Jobson horn. I know I'd have a bad time if I went in and the doctor started treating my infected canals like a bucket of ice cream 🤮

[@AppleCrostada]

Question! I don't know how the actual machine used for the suction actually works, but in the case of a collapsing ear canal entrance, is it not possible to stop the suction until you get through the collapsing part and then start it up again? Or does that create its own issues? Thanks!

[@22Purplemist]

It ould still cause the canal to collapse

[@AppleCrostada]

​@@22Purplemist He actually answered my question in his next video 😃

[@22Purplemist]

@@AppleCrostada - yes, I noticed that 😊

[@allsortsdiane8086]

That was a very interesting video Mr Neel. I can't believe the doctor couldn't see she had an ear infection even with how well you cleaned her ear. I was sooo angry,I'm not afraid to admit it,how could he not see the infection. Luckily you were able to help AGAIN, all I can say is I was disgusted that he walked shotgun over you're diagnosis. I hope that everything went well after you're 2nd letter. Sometime's I really dont know how you manage to keep you're temper,if I was in you're shoe's I would have been banging my head against the wall 😂

[@virginiagonzalez1138]

That just looks so painful. No wonder ear infections hurt so much.

[@holliyoung6487]

I'm in the US and I'm curious what a procedure like this pays the Dr, and what the patient pays.

[@CarlaRaborn]

Neil can ear wax be lab tested to determine what type of infection you are dealing with. Carla in Lodi California thank you

[@chrystinachase6771]

I work in a lab and yes it can

[@royscott8002]

I'm wondering why the ear doctor can't prescribe the medication needed for the ear infection

[@Lady_dromeda]

As a woman, i laughed when you first mentioned using a speculum, because im only familiar with the large kind, so trying to imagine a tiny one

[@jeffdur1330]

Thats just bananas

[@22Purplemist]

You did an excellent job of clearing the debris from that ear. I suggest the pt sees a GP, not a nurse, preferably one with an interest in ENT It's more that people don't like change than innovation itself. Most humans like familiarity

[@poppiengema2598]

It is very disappointing how this patient was treated by the GP, it really makes you wonder if the GP is in the correct career, they don't seem to put people first. Thank God they came back to you

[@KrazyKaren24]

I don’t mind I like looking at you. Ha Ha it’s nice that you care with viewers think I appreciate it.

[@ellengraham4677]

I was unlucky enough to have shingles in my ear twice, it really hurts. Also I was extremely surprised that you could actually get shingles in the ears.

[@helenevillemure9178]

Does your fine end suction probe work continuously, or does it function like a Yankauer? Outof ignorance, I would have expected the latter so worth asking... Meaning, can you break the vacuum immediately when the canal collapses, just by lifting a finger?

[@marekvojta9648]

I still wonder about the irrigation if you want to avoid water because it works as incubation media. What if the water was threated so it itself would be antibacteria (combined with iodine, hydrogen peroxide)? The peroxide will dissipate quickly but the iodine for example won't I think so in the end it will be as aplicating local antiseptic.

[@MartinsNewTeeth]

Wow! This poor person! It doesn’t even look like an ear canal, everything is so distorted!😮

[@MegaTygertyger]

Is that a little Superman curl at the center of your forehead? ❤

[@docdat3468]

Send not only a letter ad print pictures on it also sad part is some doctors don't wanna do the work

[@isabellebowden296]

As a matter of interest, what happens if those people wear hearing aids ???

[@roycelyn31]

In these situations why can't you give her a copy of the video to show to the doctor? And / or give her a sample of the debris for her to drop at the doctor's office?

[@jingerjar1365]

Plus clean skin

[@Antiluddite]

I've watched a number of these videos and have never seen an ear canal collapse. That looks terrible.

[@shendisackett]

I do find it annoying now that if you have an ear infection (I'm speaking about the UK) that you get palmed off to the practise paramedic or nurse. I had them trying to diagnose me over the phone, of course things didn't get better and on my third call I finally got to see a doctor. Now I am a regular at my doctor's practise as I have multiple health problems so I know to just keep pushing for help if something feels wrong but a generally fit and healthy person may just accept what the nurse says.

[@angelalopez5064]

I've had shingles in my ear! I thought my eardrum had ruptured.

[@resQfurppl]

idk that it’s innovation people don’t like, i think it’s change they don’t like. at least that’s my experience. they get used to a certain way of doing things & feel professional at it, now they have to learn a new thing … but once they realize it’s better, they adjust ☺️

[@michellefullmer2596]

Is it within your scope of practice to collect cultures and send to a lab for analysis? This way you can present that to the GP or ENT as well. However, as professionals they should respect that you know what you are seeing and reporting!

[@DomCo66]

I’ve seen you suck into the eardrum of a patient in one of your past videos. How painful is that?

[@michelepringle7726]

I'm just in total shock that people could allow their ears to get to that condition.

[@SotaliaTucuxi]

Ear infections can present in a matter of hours and can get this infected in less than a day.

[@naomisgram1]

That poor ear! Must be very uncomfortable and sore 😢, I can’t believe they were just dismissed by the doctor they went to, terrible 😢

[@MARIE19986]

Oh My