Crikey!!!!!!!!!

[number11]

On the flip side Kids, it feels so reenergising to do this... TRY IT

But why does it make me cough when I use a cotton bud??

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

But why does it make me cough when I use a cotton bud??

Never heard of ear, nose & throat specialists?
It's all connected!

Did they not teach you "Dem Bones, Dem Bones" at school? :p

 

[South Bank Hank]

A friend of mine is a doctor, and since we just spoke, I asked him about this build up of earwax. He said that when you get a build up of wax in the ear (the likes of which Pubey and LondonBlue have described), it's known as a globulosis. It's where the word 'glob' actually comes from.

Nine times out of ten, he said this is caused by a foreign object entering the ear. To protect the body, and in order to push the object out, the body produces additional wax around it, eventually causing the fun and games you've experienced. Sometimes it will be something innocuous, but more often than not, if you explore the wax you'll discover a rolled-up woodlouse in the middle of it.

 

[Irish_Shrimper]

A friend of mine is a doctor, and since we just spoke, I asked him about this build up of earwax. He said that when you get a build up of wax in the ear (the likes of which Pubey and LondonBlue have described), it's known as a globulosis. It's where the word 'glob' actually comes from.

Nine times out of ten, he said this is caused by a foreign object entering the ear. To protect the body, and in order to push the object out, the body produces additional wax around it, eventually causing the fun and games you've experienced. Sometimes it will be something innocuous, but more often than not, if you explore the wax you'll discover a rolled-up woodlouse in the middle of it.

So would i be right in saying that, if Melissa Theuriau's tongue happened to be in your ear for long periods of time - your ear would produce enough wax to cover it and push it out?

Well that's not good...not good at all :(

:p

 

[South Bank Hank]

So would i be right in saying that, if Melissa Theuriau's tongue happened to be in your ear for long periods of time - your ear would produce enough wax to cover it and push it out?

Well that's not good...not good at all :(

:p

Just so long as she shoved it back in again!

Like any activity I can think of involving Melissa, it might not last very long, indeed not very long at all, but I'd be waxing lyrical about it for ages.

 

[Pubey]

Just so long as she shoved it back in again!

Like any activity I can think of involving Melissa, it might not last very long, indeed not very long at all, but I'd be waxing lyrical about it for ages.

ear we go again!

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

ear we go again!

Oh we're not going for a punning trip down that canal are we?

 

[Irish_Shrimper]

For old times sake ;)

 

[Jam_Man]

Had a similar problem after going up Mount Tidy or whatever the mountain n Tenerife is gone.

The change in Altitude on teh slow descent made my ear pop and I went completely deaf in my ear for about 12 hours.

When I got home a week later felt something rattling around in my ear and after a lot of shaking my head a huge hard wax object came out. Like a candle.

 

[palexander]

How can people NOT clean their ears everyday with buds... *eugh* you all disgust me!!!!

 

[Irish_Shrimper]

One more for good measure...

and at the request of westroadshrimper ;)

 

[steveo]

How can people NOT clean their ears everyday with buds... *eugh* you all disgust me!!!!

You simply shouldnt do it. If you are not careful you end up compacting any wax further down the canal which makes it worse.

A girl from work phoned to say she would be ate as she had been cleaning her ear andthe cotton wool bit fell off and got stuck i her ear so she was going to the doctors. I suggested trying to suck it out with the hoover. It didnt work but she told the Doctor what she had done and he said it was a stupid thing to do. Cant understand why.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Y'know, Olive Oil was used for removing earwax for before we went all Jamie Oliver....

 

[Firestorm]

I read some advice once which said don't put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow.

 

[Southminster_Shrimper]

Y'know, Olive Oil was used for removing earwax for before we went all Jamie Oliver....

Popeye stopped all that though.

 

[Pubey]

there was a cricky pt 2 last night as another large chunk fell out. i checked it for woodlice by nothing foreign was spotted

 

[Southminster_Shrimper]

there was a cricky pt 2 last night as another large chunk fell out. i checked it for woodlice by nothing foreign was spotted

You'll be selling candles soon then.

 

[londonblue]

You simply shouldnt do it. If you are not careful you end up compacting any wax further down the canal which makes it worse.

A girl from work phoned to say she would be ate as she had been cleaning her ear andthe cotton wool bit fell off and got stuck i her ear so she was going to the doctors. I suggested trying to suck it out with the hoover. It didnt work but she told the Doctor what she had done and he said it was a stupid thing to do. Cant understand why.

Indeed, I think that is what happened to me. I think there was some cotton wool in the mix so to speak.

I have also been told by a doctor friend that the only things you should put in your ears are your elbows.