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Earwax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ear pick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and most strangely:
Last year it took three visits to the ENT guy, with 3, 7, then 21 days of softening, before he was able to remove a piece of was the size of a cigarette filter from my left ear. The kicker was that before softening this was only causing me to lose half the hearing in that ear; during it, the softened bits filled up the ear canal perfectly, making me completely deaf in that ear until it was removed.Once had a buildup so bad it was pressing against my ear drum and threw my equilibrium off such that I would get dizzy when standing up. Doc flushed my ears and removed one chunk the size of a pencil eraser.
It is difficult for me to understand all these ear wax problems
What you need to do is to have a little squeeze bottle with a tiny bit of liquid hand soap in water, sort of what you would use to keep your mask from fogging and put a drop or two in each ear canal after swimming to break the surface tension opf any water in your ear. It will just run out with a head tilt. If you are prone to swimmers ear, try an after dive drop of a teaspoon vinegar in a quarter cup of water to change the pH of the canal. Nothing will grow there. Discontinue if your canal becomes irritated.Once had a buildup so bad it was pressing against my ear drum and threw my equilibrium off such that I would get dizzy when standing up. Doc flushed my ears and removed one chunk the size of a pencil eraser.
I scuba dive and have an ENT clean my ears before every trip because I'm prone to this wax buildup. The wax can trap seawater in the ear canal and then I get ear infections. Going tomorrow in fact because I have a dive trip coming up on the 18th.
Geez, maybe I should have my ears cleaned too! I don't have any symptoms but maybe I have some wax lurking down there that I don't know about. I still use Q-tips which I understand is something of a No-No. Who said you should not put anything in your ears smaller that your elbow?
What you need to do is to have a little squeeze bottle with a tiny bit of liquid hand soap in water, sort of what you would use to keep your mask from fogging and put a drop or two in each ear canal after swimming to break the surface tension opf any water in your ear. It will just run out with a head tilt. If you are prone to swimmers ear, try an after dive drop of a teaspoon vinegar in a quarter cup of water to change the pH of the canal. Nothing will grow there. Discontinue if your canal becomes irritated.
BTW Debrox is no more effective than dilute soap or even olive oil in softening wax.
Watched "Dr. Oz" on Oprah last week and he said you can get the wax out yourself at home with some baby oil and a clean cloth; 3x/week.
Ear Wax Facts | The Dr. Oz Show
....but accurate enough for Oprah's audience. ....
From the few times I've allowed myself to get sucked into watching that show, I'd say your 'accurate enough' statement leaves a hole wide enough to pitch a galaxy through. I see no interest in accuracy in that program, only 'can we make the audience go "awwww!, oHHHHH! or eWWWW".
Heck, I 'learned' from Oprah that you can save over $200/month just putting some of your stuff on a power strip and turning it off when you don't use it! "oHHHHHH". Unless I'm running the A/C a lot, I don't even have a $200/month bill. That's a lot of 'phantom power', yet, no skepticism, no question of will this really work for others, just acceptance and "oHHHHH!"
What a way to get rich!
BTW, I've been running around with my Kill-a-watt device, and so far I've only found one thing that I thought was worth turning off when not in use. Most everything I've tested just sips power very slightly ( ~ 1W) when 'off'. The ROI on the power strip is non-existent. Environmental-wise, probably more pollution caused by the manufacture of the strip than the wasted power.
-ERD50
I got one of those Kill-a-watt things at somebody (maybe Nords, or T-Al, or CFB's) suggestion, but I love that sucker. It makes me feel so energy efficient even if it is only a few watts to cut the power. Don't be spoiling it for me like that!
Hmmmm, not any incorrect info but accurate enough for Oprah's audience.
I figured out that I was wasting several KWHr a month keeping a pot of coffee warm. Now I make it one cup at a time and shut it off.I got one of those Kill-a-watt things at somebody (maybe Nords, or T-Al, or CFB's) suggestion, but I love that sucker. It makes me feel so energy efficient even if it is only a few watts to cut the power. Don't be spoiling it for me like that!
I wish there was a 240v version of the Kill-A-Watt to use on our electric dryer. But when our kid leaves for college I don't think we'll have to wonder about that power consumption anymore...
Or I could just read the label plate on the dryer and do the math.You could get one more Kill-A-Watt, make a special jumper for 220 with a set of outlets in the middle for each hot leg. Plug in two Kill-A-Watts, read values. You will find often one leg draws more power than the other. Often the drive motors are 110V. Since the heater is non-inductive, the power factor on one side will be better than the other.