Why does it make you gag when you put a Q tip in your ear?


Question:
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?

Answers:
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.

Other Answers:
I've never had that happen to me.

-J.

never had it happen, nor even heard of it! i don't know hun, i have wondering the same thing myself, i know i am not alone.


what


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.

Wow, I never realized that it happens to some. Never had this experience. However the ears and sinus/throat are all connected so maybe you are some how messing with your gag reflex


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.


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.

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. I have never done that, Maybe it's a nerve in there that your touching


It shouldn't, but why? All you do with a Q-tip is pack the earwax. You may wat to go talk to your pharmacist to see what all is available to clean. I think it's called Murine.


It's never happened to me.

yeah.I've never hear of that either. I actually LOVE using q-tips for me ear.weird I know.but I like it.




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