I followed standard medical advice and stopped cleaning my ears with Q-tips and quickly ended up with BL wax impactions! It was the worst thing, to be losing your hearing and you get very nervous when you can't hear what is happening around you. I left my appointment a totally different person- went from hunched and nervous to standing tall and smiling just because I could hear! The impact of hearing loss is much greater than I ever knew. The doctor told me to go back to cleaning my ears out like I always did.
This is what I say if I didn't clean my ears out about every other night with a Q-tip then I would be at the doctor's office every month coughing like crazy and they wouldn't be able to get anything out either. And why don't they just make you tip smaller where they don't show things and they get things out because I just take off about half of the cotton and use it around the canal and make sure not to shove anything further and it works great. My husband on the other hand does not clean his cuz he goes to the ear doctor on a frequent occasion just to get ear wax sucked out. What do they think those are made for not cleaning your ears using it on your fingernails, any other thing that they're just lying about because trust me there for your ears
I have a question why is it that you guys never trim all that crazy hair that some of the patients have? You can't say that it's all normal because most people do not have it it's like 1 and 20 year videos I see have people that have hair just sticking straight out of their ears and no one ever plucks it and acts like it's not a problem when you can't see anything and there's a wax embedded in that crap all the way down to their eardrum just about. Can we do a PSA to old man not to put their head to the side and shave that stuff with a nose hair trimmer because it just gets embedded down into your wax and you can tell. Does anybody else see this and then nobody else notices and says it's fine?
The guy with the dome in his ear had encrusted hard wax stuck to his ear drum. Do you think that makes it perhaps not vibrate like it's supposed to? Sorry I'm used to the videos where they don't touch the walls and mainly use suction and it's all completely clean even by the ear drum even if they use oil to debride it it's so squameaky clean after. After all the stuff didn't come out on its own the first 75 years of their life obviously don't you think maybe we should get it all the way clean? I'm sure I just don't get it after all not a doctor at all. Just seems that they came all the way to the doctor and at times I feel they just get some of the wax out.
@@mindymorgan8479 Yes, you are clearly not a professional with expertise about this. But you ask your questions as if _you do know_ the answers. Can I just tell you that you are very annoying in these comments. Just thought you would want to know that you annoy people.
I just love watching alll your posts, they are unfailing quick and hold my interest. Some people take 3 hours gently tugging and teasing tiny bits out - you are careful but quick. Fabulous.,
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting. Nice clean outs, your patients must have been so relieved to hear again. I had no idea the vagus nerve in the ear could make you cough.
This cough reflex happens to me every time I clean my ears. I cough even much more strongly than this gentleman did! All my life I've asked friends, etc. about this, if it happens to them, and they always say they've never heard of it.
I never knew what caused it but I’ve experienced as well but it happens to my son a lot. He gets wax build up and it typically happens in one of his ears more. He coughs so bad his eyes sometimes will get bloodshot and I have to just stop doing his ear
In my first two years of medical school (about 100 years ago), the ENT who came in to do the majority of our ENT lectures SWORE that in the first week of his ENT residency, he triggered Arnold's nerve in a patient and in put the patient into v-fib. Everyone who heard that lecture freaks out when a patient starts coughing when we're going anything in the ear.
@@drjent3350 I Don't go into v-fib but i cough enough sometimes to lose consciousness.. the trick is to be sitting down and fight the sensation to cough.. my CoPd doesn't help...
@candacecurtis5739 -Couple questions 4 u candacurtis if u dont mind... 1.) Are the only dangers in using a q-tip are impaction of the wax or puncturing the ear drum? There's nothing else bad that it can do, right? (Unless ur a psycho with a q-tip of course, cuz then the possibilities are endless.) 2.) What other way is there to clean ur ears at home if there's nothing out there that does what q-tips do? Thank u in advance... only if u respond obv. If u don't respond, then no thank u for u. Lol
I have a theory on why these things are so addictive to watch and i am grouping this in with for example acne extraction and stye removal. I believe that it is an old instinct we have encommon with for example bonobo chimpanzee with become almost in a state of trance we groom eachother just like they become hyperfocused on the painstaking process it creates a pleasure response in our brain because at one time grooming eachother like thats was necessary for social survival in the group. Just a little armchair antropological psychology.
thank you so much i really needed this theory. i’ve always wondered because i myself dissociate & go into a trancelike state & end up creating so many scabs. always tried to find the root of the satisfaction in my brain. don’t stop sharing your theories, it can be an “aha!” moment for others. ya never know.
I know what that is, because it happens to me with the ordinary cleaning you can do at home. Thankfully I don't have a problem requiring professional assistance. But I'm glad to hear confirmation of the cause of the cough reaction.
@nothankyou5524 : If I don't use ear drops every week the wax builds up. This recommended by my doctor. You can certainly do this at home to prevent the problem .
@@nothankyou5524 They sell ear cleaning kits at your local pharmacy. They are safe and useful for many people, but a person should ask their doctor if the kits are right for them (someone with a perforated eardrum or tubes aka grommets should NOT use them.) It may include an oily softener, and will definitely include a peroxide or something liquid that foams to loosen things up, and a bulb syringe that you use to flush the ear with water. Flushing is a normal treatment that you get at the ER or your GP if you have wax stuck in the ear. Nurses do it. Only doctors (ENTS) or audiologists should be going in there with instruments, which is why his staff doesn't do it. But idk why they don't use flushers for routine patients. As you can see the softener had mostly cleared the Downs' syndrome person's problem. It's weird that the doctor recommends a kit to some people but tells others to come in every six months.
This voice is ideal for reading materials and stories for relaxation. So soothing and mellow… 🥱😴 The vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) actually travels throughout most of the body. It runs along the digestive system and has been identified as a possible agitator to conditions such as IBS. It’s also thought that migraine syndrome could be affected by this nerve. The third patient just had the sweetest voice. She seemed like she would be a very kind patient to have, very attentive and interested in doing what she could to prevent these types of appointments.
I’ve never heard of this condition. The throat tickle is so annoying as is but to trigger it when cleaning your ears- that must be so frustrating. My heart goes out to those who endure this condition.
The noise of the suction in the ear would freak me out if I was the patient. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. Points to the patients for holding as still as they are.
@drjent3350 I'm a RN and we use lidocaine gel for intermittent caths if there painful. I use lidocaine cream for my adult son's blood draws and vaccines. We wash really good right before.
Ugh…I have a patient in a nursing home who gets cerumen impactions every month. He coughs and wiggles every time and cannot hold still. I ended up having to refer him to ENT. I did not want to perf that tympanic membrane.
The cough reflex is far more common than people think. I will never have to worry about q-tip cotton being impacted in my ears because I can't stick a q-tip in my ear without gagging myself.
I have really narrow ear canals. So about once a year I have to get my ears cleaned out. I've had almost every technique possible to do it. From squirt massive amounts of water in them to digging them out. I always feel the tingly, dizzying feeling associated with it too. But BOY, does it feel good afterwards.
I get this done every 6 months, due to having sever ear infections when i was little. My ENT is one of a kind that there will be no one that can replace the style he does for me.
The dome tip from the hearing aid is scary. I’m thankful mine don’t have that have, but mine are also custom fitted to my ear anatomy. I do worry about the little wax barrier falling out and getting lost in there though.
My elderly brother had been profoundly deaf from birth,he had 2 hearing aids that didn't really help,the dr suggested having his ears syringed a district nurse came to the house to do it,she used a sort of battery operated water pump to flush,the 1st one went ok but the 2nd one made him scream in pain...she had burst his eardrum,but told us he was fine and making a fuss over nothing (he had dementia) I took him to a&e the next day when they found the busted eardrum and gave him painkillers antibiotics etc,I complained to the practice manager but nothing ever got done about the nurse :(
I think some people have the shape ear where they can clean their ears safely with a q-tip. I am one of them. Maybe our ear canals are not as deep as some people's ear canals.
Thanks for the clarification. I clean my ears with a Q-tip or I will get a lot of wax build up. When I do I too will have to stop and cough. Glad to know it is not just me.
No, not ear wax by itself. If it was extensively obstructed creating Keratosis Obturans with erosion or creating a cholesteatoma, those conditions could erode through the balance center in the inner ear and create problems.
Ears have an inherent ability to self regulate. Sometimes they need a little help, put them on the right topical regimen, avoid things that make it worse and then they are on their own. Comparing the ear cleaning to a car detailing for example is not accurate and not necessary. Thanks for watching!
My regular doctor (general or primary care) used to clean my ears every annual check up. He's retired now and since starting UT Southwestern Medical Center everything becomes a fiasco and I'm sure ill be sent to a specialist. Just to wash the ears? Wish I could do it myself.
Because if it works and the doctor is use to it and good at it, why fix what isn't broken? Just because there is new technology available doesn't always mean it's the best for every person.
My husband is a regular wax builder. We thought it was because he used ear plugs at work, but he retired six years ago. Two years ago, he had his ears cleaned out via suction for the first time. Afterwards, his hearing was great. About a month ago, he experienced severe hearing loss in both ears. We went in to an ENT where they cleaned his ears out and instructed him to come back in a year, unless it happens again before the next appointment. His hearing seems to be declining and I’m afraid, he may need to have hearing aids in the future. My question is, do hearing aids cause excessive wax buildup? I’m just curious. Thank you!
Having had ear infections over the years the suction one was the best to use because it just eased the pain ...I now have a Clocile Ear implant... which is brilliant!!
@drjent3350 My pleasure. I've seen a lot of similar videos from different accounts and its amazing to see that skill that I never noticed before. Keep on the good work. God Bless.
Now for the patient with the cough, maybe if the doctor could have tried to apply a minimum amount of fluid for wax removal, could it have possibly made it a bit easier on the patient even if having to remove it in smaller pieces? 🤔 my ears stuggle to produce wax most of the time but constantly feels as though my ears need to be cleaned for the amount of ear wax in this first patients ear it'd take possibly maybe around 2 to 3 years without cleaning my ears at all
Omg I found it so interesting and cool about ear cough reflux. Didn’t know that existed. My ex would cough every time cleaning his ear but I didn’t know it was such a thing 😅
Interesting i didnt know that about the vagus nerve and i am an autistic person that hyper focuses on things i want learn now i am going to hyper focus on the nervous system in the ears. And i also must see this for myself it is a pretty funny party trick!
My husband gets annual hearing tests by his employer. He says the nurse giving the hearing exam looks at his ears and his hearing loss can't be earwax. Should I get him to see an ear nose and throat doctor to be sure or is it likely just hearing loss? It's becoming a problem for me if not for him because he doesn't hear me and he says he doesn't need hearing aids, but requires subtitles for watching movies.
Take a look at my next compilation video!! th-cam.com/video/lWTGFyfjOa8/w-d-xo.html
My son has a bad cough when I clean his ears. And I bear lying stick the qtip in the canal
I think once you get past the "yuck" factor, there is something satisfying about seeing the ear cleaned afterwards.
@@amandaknopf5915😅😊
My husband used to cough when he cleaned his ears.
What's the Deal with the Funnel ❓
I followed standard medical advice and stopped cleaning my ears with Q-tips and quickly ended up with BL wax impactions! It was the worst thing, to be losing your hearing and you get very nervous when you can't hear what is happening around you. I left my appointment a totally different person- went from hunched and nervous to standing tall and smiling just because I could hear! The impact of hearing loss is much greater than I ever knew. The doctor told me to go back to cleaning my ears out like I always did.
This is what I say if I didn't clean my ears out about every other night with a Q-tip then I would be at the doctor's office every month coughing like crazy and they wouldn't be able to get anything out either. And why don't they just make you tip smaller where they don't show things and they get things out because I just take off about half of the cotton and use it around the canal and make sure not to shove anything further and it works great. My husband on the other hand does not clean his cuz he goes to the ear doctor on a frequent occasion just to get ear wax sucked out. What do they think those are made for not cleaning your ears using it on your fingernails, any other thing that they're just lying about because trust me there for your ears
I have a question why is it that you guys never trim all that crazy hair that some of the patients have? You can't say that it's all normal because most people do not have it it's like 1 and 20 year videos I see have people that have hair just sticking straight out of their ears and no one ever plucks it and acts like it's not a problem when you can't see anything and there's a wax embedded in that crap all the way down to their eardrum just about. Can we do a PSA to old man not to put their head to the side and shave that stuff with a nose hair trimmer because it just gets embedded down into your wax and you can tell. Does anybody else see this and then nobody else notices and says it's fine?
The guy with the dome in his ear had encrusted hard wax stuck to his ear drum. Do you think that makes it perhaps not vibrate like it's supposed to? Sorry I'm used to the videos where they don't touch the walls and mainly use suction and it's all completely clean even by the ear drum even if they use oil to debride it it's so squameaky clean after. After all the stuff didn't come out on its own the first 75 years of their life obviously don't you think maybe we should get it all the way clean? I'm sure I just don't get it after all not a doctor at all. Just seems that they came all the way to the doctor and at times I feel they just get some of the wax out.
@@mindymorgan8479 Yes, you are clearly not a professional with expertise about this. But you ask your questions as if _you do know_ the answers. Can I just tell you that you are very annoying in these comments. Just thought you would want to know that you annoy people.
Same for me 😂
Best ENT Doc on TH-cam, so gentle. Thank you, Dr J.
Wow, thank you!
Какой чистый мужской голос❤
Thank you for helping the special needs patients. They're the ones that can't complain and be understood.
I thought it was just me coughing when clean my ears. You learn something new everyday.
Always happens to me 😮
My daughter coughs and hates it while me and her son says it feels good. 😂
yup
In my left ear every time
Exactly!! My right ear always makes me cough when I clean it. It’s so weird 😂
I just love watching alll your posts, they are unfailing quick and hold my interest. Some people take 3 hours gently tugging and teasing tiny bits out - you are careful but quick. Fabulous.,
The single best comment ever!! Thank you, that was very kind of you!!
I think I could just fall asleep listening to your voice
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting. Nice clean outs, your patients must have been so relieved to hear again. I had no idea the vagus nerve in the ear could make you cough.
Brilliant clean outs, thank you for sharing. I’m sure your patient’s are always relieved to hear a bit better.
Single dad of a Downs son. Bless you for the patience and the care with these gifts only a few parents are blessed with.
Thank you!
OMG I have that and my Dr's haven't been able diagnosis or treat.... THANK YOU SO MUCH
Knowledge is power!! Thanks for watching!!
I enjoyed listening to you engage with your patient. You have a sincere manner and this is obvious as well in your video narration.
Thank you for the positive comment!!
This cough reflex happens to me every time I clean my ears. I cough even much more strongly than this gentleman did! All my life I've asked friends, etc. about this, if it happens to them, and they always say they've never heard of it.
I have the same issue with coughing. More so in one ear... Is this fixable, do you know?
I never knew what caused it but I’ve experienced as well but it happens to my son a lot. He gets wax build up and it typically happens in one of his ears more. He coughs so bad his eyes sometimes will get bloodshot and I have to just stop doing his ear
No wax buildup but I cough every time I clean my ears too
The coughing does that to me on the left ear what causes this
P😅😅
In my first two years of medical school (about 100 years ago), the ENT who came in to do the majority of our ENT lectures SWORE that in the first week of his ENT residency, he triggered Arnold's nerve in a patient and in put the patient into v-fib. Everyone who heard that lecture freaks out when a patient starts coughing when we're going anything in the ear.
Luckily that's never happened to my patients! Thanks for watching!
@@drjent3350 I Don't go into v-fib but i cough enough sometimes to lose consciousness.. the trick is to be sitting down and fight the sensation to cough.. my CoPd doesn't help...
Thanks for sharing the vagus nerve reflex. I thought something was wrong with me when I clean my right ear.
me too.
Please watch his videos on not qtipping. You can do real harm and should never put anything in your ear!
@candacecurtis5739 -Couple questions 4 u candacurtis if u dont mind...
1.) Are the only dangers in using a q-tip are impaction of the wax or puncturing the ear drum? There's nothing else bad that it can do, right? (Unless ur a psycho with a q-tip of course, cuz then the possibilities are endless.)
2.) What other way is there to clean ur ears at home if there's nothing out there that does what q-tips do?
Thank u in advance... only if u respond obv. If u don't respond, then no thank u for u. Lol
Same here 😂 lmao!!
Don't poke anything into your ears and don't let anyone other than a trained professional do it either
I always feels such a sense of relief for the patient when I watch these. It' awesome!
Nicely done. Nicely done, in deed. Both the work and the video. My family's going to love you!
Very interesting about a nerve causing the patient to cough! Never heard of that before!
Knowledge is power!! Thanks for watching!!
When I'm cleaning my ears sometimes it starts a tickle in my throat and I start coughing
Yep. Arnold's reflex cough
@marylasiter2803 I spray chloreseptic in my throat and it quits.
My husband gags when he cleans his Ears!
I have a theory on why these things are so addictive to watch and i am grouping this in with for example acne extraction and stye removal. I believe that it is an old instinct we have encommon with for example bonobo chimpanzee with become almost in a state of trance we groom eachother just like they become hyperfocused on the painstaking process it creates a pleasure response in our brain because at one time grooming eachother like thats was necessary for social survival in the group. Just a little armchair antropological psychology.
Interesting concept!
thank you so much i really needed this theory. i’ve always wondered because i myself dissociate & go into a trancelike state & end up creating so many scabs. always tried to find the root of the satisfaction in my brain. don’t stop sharing your theories, it can be an “aha!” moment for others. ya never know.
Maybe. . .I thought that I just like to see problems solved. So many things in this life take so much time to fix.
@@kimjonguwunsounds like you may have excoriation disorder
@juliemiller9760 I think its a combination of both, plus a shared common appreciation, such as how irritating blocked ears or large spots are. are.
WOW, I did not know that, very interesting! Thank you for sharing!
The difference between what you can see with an endoscope and the funnel-thing used here is astronomical.
could it be used to keep hole open?
I know what that is, because it happens to me with the ordinary cleaning you can do at home. Thankfully I don't have a problem requiring professional assistance. But I'm glad to hear confirmation of the cause of the cough reaction.
Yeah, you're doing this at home. Also do things like e your own appendectomy and such?
@nothankyou5524 : If I don't use ear drops every week the wax builds up. This recommended by my doctor. You can certainly do this at home to prevent the problem .
@@nothankyou5524 They sell ear cleaning kits at your local pharmacy. They are safe and useful for many people, but a person should ask their doctor if the kits are right for them (someone with a perforated eardrum or tubes aka grommets should NOT use them.) It may include an oily softener, and will definitely include a peroxide or something liquid that foams to loosen things up, and a bulb syringe that you use to flush the ear with water. Flushing is a normal treatment that you get at the ER or your GP if you have wax stuck in the ear. Nurses do it. Only doctors (ENTS) or audiologists should be going in there with instruments, which is why his staff doesn't do it. But idk why they don't use flushers for routine patients. As you can see the softener had mostly cleared the Downs' syndrome person's problem. It's weird that the doctor recommends a kit to some people but tells others to come in every six months.
This voice is ideal for reading materials and stories for relaxation. So soothing and mellow… 🥱😴
The vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) actually travels throughout most of the body. It runs along the digestive system and has been identified as a possible agitator to conditions such as IBS. It’s also thought that migraine syndrome could be affected by this nerve.
The third patient just had the sweetest voice. She seemed like she would be a very kind patient to have, very attentive and interested in doing what she could to prevent these types of appointments.
Этих людей не учили чистить уши? Нужно постараться, чтобы довести себя до такого состояния!
You are amazingly kind and patient with your patients ❤️. 🙏 Bless you.
Thank you for sharing. I love watching your videos!
Thank you!
This was very educational, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good to see thtoughout all your videos how you make good use of all your tools and vacuum. Well done doc 💯💯💯
So nice of you
At certain camera angles my brain cannot stop interpreting these as nose holes which really changes the whole experience, bad brain, bad.
Thats funny!
Same! I was certain he moved the camera to the nose at certain points.
Lol!!!!
😆
nose block are much worse to see
I’ve never heard of this condition. The throat tickle is so annoying as is but to trigger it when cleaning your ears- that must be so frustrating. My heart goes out to those who endure this condition.
It really is! Thanks for watching!
Oh wow I have this happen to me in one ear. Never heard of anyone else having this.
The noise of the suction in the ear would freak me out if I was the patient. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. Points to the patients for holding as still as they are.
Dr J has a calm soothing voice.
Thank you!!
Your voice is soo soothing. I could watch 100 videos. I am easily ittitated by left over wax but I just want to listen.
Wow, thank you!
Do you ever use lidocaine? Will it stop a cough.
Great Question. I have never tried that. I have some topical lidocaine that may work!! Thank you!
@drjent3350 I'm a RN and we use lidocaine gel for intermittent caths if there painful. I use lidocaine cream for my adult son's blood draws and vaccines. We wash really good right before.
I would think the doctor would use something to temporarily suppress the cough so the job could get done.
Awesome video. I enjoyed the education. Please make more.
Thanks for watching!
Ugh…I have a patient in a nursing home who gets cerumen impactions every month. He coughs and wiggles every time and cannot hold still. I ended up having to refer him to ENT. I did not want to perf that tympanic membrane.
this is amazing that there is also a vacuum cleaner for earwax. Is it advisable to give that wax?
The cough reflex is far more common than people think. I will never have to worry about q-tip cotton being impacted in my ears because I can't stick a q-tip in my ear without gagging myself.
Ty I now know what my coughing is caused from.
Just imagine how wonderfully clean those ears feel!
Gut das es in allen Bereichen Fachkräfte gibt 👍🤗🇩🇪
Ich bin mit meinem IQ zufrieden 🤗 mein Kommentar war positiv 🤗 Fachkräfte werden überall gebraucht 👍🇩🇪
Vanno giù con la trivella per il petrolio 😂 !!! Scarsa igiene personale purtroppo !!!
I have really narrow ear canals. So about once a year I have to get my ears cleaned out. I've had almost every technique possible to do it. From squirt massive amounts of water in them to digging them out. I always feel the tingly, dizzying feeling associated with it too. But BOY, does it feel good afterwards.
Thanks for sharing!
Eu também adoro seus videos porque são rápidos puxa logo toda cera ou quase toda de uma só vez. Adoroooo ❤
Earring aid dome....bet that felt great...relief! You are efficient and speedy!
Thank you! Appreciate you watching!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who coughs when you touch inside the ear. I never knew it was an actual thing until I saw this video. I have it BADDD
It can be problematic in some people. Thanks for watching!
دستتون درد نکنه
عجب فیلم برداری ای کردین
خیلی عالی تمیز کردین خسته نباشین
I've never seen this on Nigel's videos. I also feel like he has a more gentle approach. It's more like when he got to patient 3.
Awesome video!!! And very satisfying as well! 😊😊
Great clips. Pt #3 nice dissection and at 8:25 it looks like ear bacon.😊 so satisfying when you are able to get a great peel and bulk extraction.👊
Thanks 👍
EAR BACON? Ear bacon, ear bacon, no not ear bacon. I've not been able to stop myself associating that wax to bacon it's all over for me now🥓 THANKS ❤
I get this done every 6 months, due to having sever ear infections when i was little. My ENT is one of a kind that there will be no one that can replace the style he does for me.
Glad you have someone you can trust! Thanks for watching!
@@drjent3350 thanks
I don’t remember any noise just pressure when I had this done. Felt wonderful!
Is that nerve that makes people cough in the same place in every one’s ears.. or does it differ? Thank you for showing this video very informative❤
My left ear is my coughy ear. My right ear has no such issues
No it's in the same place fir everyone. Just some people are more sensitive than others.
Oh my god the one around 8 min where it just all peels off at one go is so satisfying
Dont These people go to see you regularly .? Or is it too expensive many greetings from Germany 😊
It's covered by insurance so it is not expensive.
We use to add Dawn dish detergent and a cotton ball after the doc checked the ear then flush next day after softened
Great idea!!
Dr J ENT is a real pro, if I ever have ear wax problems...he's the man.
Thank you Annette!! That is very kind of you!!
There’s something adorable about those little munchy alligator-type… tweezers? 😍
Alligator forceps! Thanks for watching!
I have a friend who puts peroxide in their ear. She says it helps keep it clean.
❤Congratulations Dr.❤
Your work is superb. Never seen a better job. You do terrific.
Wow, thank you!
Concerning the first patient. Would using a water pump to flush the ear out cause the same coughing as trying to use the tools?
Direct visualization debridement is key when doing skin peels. Irrigation won’t remove the skin layers effectively. Thanks for watching!
The dome tip from the hearing aid is scary. I’m thankful mine don’t have that have, but mine are also custom fitted to my ear anatomy. I do worry about the little wax barrier falling out and getting lost in there though.
My elderly brother had been profoundly deaf from birth,he had 2 hearing aids that didn't really help,the dr suggested having his ears syringed a district nurse came to the house to do it,she used a sort of battery operated water pump to flush,the 1st one went ok but the 2nd one made him scream in pain...she had burst his eardrum,but told us he was fine and making a fuss over nothing (he had dementia) I took him to a&e the next day when they found the busted eardrum and gave him painkillers antibiotics etc,I complained to the practice manager but nothing ever got done about the nurse :(
Thats terrible! Irrigations do have known complications and thats one of them! Sorry you had to go through that!
Would small sips of water during this help elevate the involuntary cough? Genuinely curious.
Vendo seus vídeos eu entendo porque eu vivo com a sensação de que minha cabeça vai explodir de tanta pressão nos ouvidos.
Awesome video and lesson ❤❤❤
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!!
For patient 1. Why don't you put fluid in the ear then suction it?
Certainly an option however suction is not always the best option.
Interesting, when I clean my ears with a Qtip, which Im not supposed to do, I get a tickle in my throat.
I think some people have the shape ear where they can clean their ears safely with a q-tip. I am one of them. Maybe our ear canals are not as deep as some people's ear canals.
Thank you!
Welcome!
Bro, you’re killin’ it! Well done.
You made me presentable!!
Thanks for the clarification. I clean my ears with a Q-tip or I will get a lot of wax build up. When I do I too will have to stop and cough. Glad to know it is not just me.
Great job Dr! ❤
Thank you! Cheers!
My grandma was told to put olive oil in her ear everyday...I think that was prior to hearing aids. He said it cleans out the wax.
Curious…can excessive earwax throw off a patients equilibrium?
No, not ear wax by itself. If it was extensively obstructed creating Keratosis Obturans with erosion or creating a cholesteatoma, those conditions could erode through the balance center in the inner ear and create problems.
Patient 3 was so satisfying to watch x
Glad you liked it!!
To reduce the cough reaction, is topical anesthesia out of the question? Either for the throat or ear?
You didn't scrape clean that flaky white thing like ear cleaning services. Is it dangerous to have 'too clean' ears?
Ears have an inherent ability to self regulate. Sometimes they need a little help, put them on the right topical regimen, avoid things that make it worse and then they are on their own. Comparing the ear cleaning to a car detailing for example is not accurate and not necessary. Thanks for watching!
Good job Doc👍
Thank you kindly!
Love watching these very informative ❤
Glad you like them!
My regular doctor (general or primary care) used to clean my ears every annual check up. He's retired now and since starting UT Southwestern Medical Center everything becomes a fiasco and I'm sure ill be sent to a specialist. Just to wash the ears?
Wish I could do it myself.
Why are you still using such old style equipment to see inside the ear? An endoscope gives you a wide field of vision and better lighting.
Because if it works and the doctor is use to it and good at it, why fix what isn't broken? Just because there is new technology available doesn't always mean it's the best for every person.
My husband is a regular wax builder. We thought it was because he used ear plugs at work, but he retired six years ago. Two years ago, he had his ears cleaned out via suction for the first time. Afterwards, his hearing was great. About a month ago, he experienced severe hearing loss in both ears. We went in to an ENT where they cleaned his ears out and instructed him to come back in a year, unless it happens again before the next appointment. His hearing seems to be declining and I’m afraid, he may need to have hearing aids in the future. My question is, do hearing aids cause excessive wax buildup? I’m just curious. Thank you!
He wants to save some money 💰 maybe the new ones are very expensive!
Having had ear infections over the years the suction one was the best to use because it just eased the pain ...I now have a Clocile Ear implant... which is brilliant!!
He seems exceptionally skilled. Old school is working for him
You could be Neuroseurgeon. What was really getting my attention is how steady the instruments were.
Thank you!! As a surgeon I am operating 2 - 3 days every week so it pays dividends to have steady hands!
@drjent3350 My pleasure. I've seen a lot of similar videos from different accounts and its amazing to see that skill that I never noticed before.
Keep on the good work.
God Bless.
Great work!
Thank you! Cheers!
I used to have a really bad gag reflex when cleaning my ears. It's a lot better now.
The earwax has accumulated for so long; I bet he feels so satisfied after removing it
Now for the patient with the cough, maybe if the doctor could have tried to apply a minimum amount of fluid for wax removal, could it have possibly made it a bit easier on the patient even if having to remove it in smaller pieces? 🤔 my ears stuggle to produce wax most of the time but constantly feels as though my ears need to be cleaned for the amount of ear wax in this first patients ear it'd take possibly maybe around 2 to 3 years without cleaning my ears at all
You’re wonderful! Enjoying your content very much, keep up the amazing work😊
Thank you! Will do!
Camera is great views fantastic 😊😊
Thank you!
Не могла оторваться! Смотрела, как сериал! Даже дышала через раз!
I watch these videos holding my own hand. They're probably the most disturbing videos I can't stop watching.
Por favor traducciones!!
Very educational
Glad you think so!! Thanks for watching!!
Love the video of four different extractions👏❤️
Glad you like them!
Aren’t you using the clear scope from the UK??? Looks like it ❤
No, I use a microscope.
thanks!
very interesting!
Yes it was!
Когда у моего сына была серная пробка, я залила перекись водорода, она разбила пробку, а водой вымыли всю серу. Врача в городе не было.
Nice Video. I subscribed !
Thanks for the sub!
Me too!
Me three 😅!
너무 개운하고 시원해요 ,,
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Omg I found it so interesting and cool about ear cough reflux. Didn’t know that existed. My ex would cough every time cleaning his ear but I didn’t know it was such a thing 😅
How would you clean his ears?
Interesting i didnt know that about the vagus nerve and i am an autistic person that hyper focuses on things i want learn now i am going to hyper focus on the nervous system in the ears. And i also must see this for myself it is a pretty funny party trick!
My husband gets annual hearing tests by his employer. He says the nurse giving the hearing exam looks at his ears and his hearing loss can't be earwax. Should I get him to see an ear nose and throat doctor to be sure or is it likely just hearing loss? It's becoming a problem for me if not for him because he doesn't hear me and he says he doesn't need hearing aids, but requires subtitles for watching movies.
Yes, he needs a formal diagnostic hearing evaluation, aka audiogram, and someone to look in his ears. Thanks for watching!