ENT Doctors Debunk 11 Ear And Nose Myths | Debunked

Otolaryngologists Erich Voigt and Jacqueline Jones debunk 11 myths about the ear and nose. They talk about how to properly stop a nosebleed, clean your ears, and protect yourself from hearing loss. They also explain that earwax is good for your ears — it has antimicrobial properties that protect the insides of your ears. In fact, over-cleaning can cause swimmer's ear.

Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
1:00 It’s OK to hold in your sneeze
1:34 It’s OK to use Q-tips to clean your ears
2:47 Bugs can’t get inside your ears
4:28 To stop a nosebleed, pinch the bridge of your 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 only temporary
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

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ENT Doctors Debunk 11 Ear And Nose Myths | Debunked

[alxthegreat]

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

[Debble]

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

[faizalmohammed]

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.

[crystalcovington]

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!!

[jelisontejada]

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

[jaketaz]

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

[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.

[WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

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

[akbar]

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!

[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.

[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.

[bananasmatter]

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

[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.

[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!!!

[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

[goldenfish]

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.

[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.

🤦‍♂️

[XCHADHIGGINSX]

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

[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

[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😑