I know it's not just me either, lots of people either gag or cough when they clean their ears with a Qtip. Why does it make you gag?
2006-07-18 07:00:19 · 16 answers · asked by Jenn 6 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Wow! I can't believe so many people have never experienced this! Almost everyone I've seen using a Qtip has either gagged or coughed!
2006-07-18 07:07:29 · update #1
yes its a common thing and the reason it does that is because you are sticking it in too far. q-tips are only meant to clean the outside and inner crease parts of the ear.
2006-07-18 07:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jinkies 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of this before. Doesn't do anything to me. Or anyone else I know. I'd say a nerve ending in your ear is close to a nerve ending that makes you cough or gag.
2006-07-18 07:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by ninusharra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never had this experience. However the ears and sinus/throat are all connected so maybe you are some how messing with your gag reflex
2006-07-18 07:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! I thought that only happened to me! I asked my friend about that and she told me she has it too and her doctor said that your ears have to do with your brains balance. Everytime my friend has an ear infection, she gets dizzy.
2006-07-18 07:24:50 · answer #4 · answered by bloodmongress17 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it may NOT be just you - but I have NEVER heard of that before, and never happend to me, and I clean my ears with Q tips.
2006-07-18 07:04:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its too wierd, and the ear isnt used to it. maybe the acupuncture points in the ear "freak out" when they feel something funny. When we went camping, my mom got a mosquito stuck in her ear, and it almost drove her crazy, so ....ya.
2006-07-18 07:05:09 · answer #6 · answered by Diana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I never realized that it happens to some.
2006-07-18 07:04:13 · answer #7 · answered by PUINSAI 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah...I've never hear of that either. I actually LOVE using q-tips for me ear...weird I know...but I like it.
2006-07-18 10:29:24 · answer #8 · answered by austin_carpenter1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never, ever heard of this. I would be interested to know how common it is!
2006-07-18 07:03:38 · answer #9 · answered by viclyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's never happened to me.
2006-07-18 10:17:01 · answer #10 · answered by Toadbaboad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋