Another freak injury to add to the list (1 Viewer)

[shadyridr]

Chase Blackburn suffered an odd injury in the locker room following Sunday's game when a reporter bumped into him while he was using a cotton swab to clean his ear.According to the New York Times, Blackburn nearly suffered a ruptured eardrum and dropped to the ground as his ear bled. He also reportedly lost hearing, but doctors expect it to gradually return. The lesson here is either to avoid the media or clean your ears at home, or maybe both.

 

[Max Power]

does a player miss time with this type of injury?

 

[Snotbubbles]

does a player miss time with this type of injury?

What? You're gonna have to type a little louder.

 

[redman]

Holy moly.

Did the reporter then stick the microphone in his face and ask, "What do you have to say about that, Mr. Blackburn?"

 

[Bermuda_Chub]

I've suffered this injury while scuba diving, and I wouldn't wish it upon anybody. But no, he should not miss any time as a result. I love Chase, but he's fantasy irrelevant, regardless.

 

[((Morpheus))]

A ruptured eardrum hurts like hell...

Not to mention the vertigo. Not fun.

 

[g5jamz]

A ruptured eardrum hurts like hell...Not to mention the vertigo. Not fun.

Nope...ruptured mine in a skiing accident. It healed...but when diving on my honeymoon it burst in saltwater...hurt...vertigo. Almost puked. Got tympanoplasty 2 years ago to fix it. Took about 1-2 weeks to recover after surgery.

 

[((Morpheus))]

Elbow to the ear ruptured mine. I did puke.

 

[Bermuda_Chub]

This thread makes me want to puke in remembrance of that sensation of a bloody water balloon exploding in my skull.

 

[TommyGilmore]

You shouldn't be sticking a Q-tip in your ear anyway.

 

[redman]

You shouldn't be sticking a Q-tip in your ear anyway.

 

[TommyGilmore]

You shouldn't be sticking a Q-tip in your ear anyway.

:(

Of all the things people put in their ears, among the most dangerous, Alexiades and other doctors say, is a small, innocuous object found in countless American homes: the cotton swab.

Alexiades said that during the past five years, he had treated two to four eardrum punctures a year that were caused by cotton swabs.

"It's true," he said. "Never put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/306349_hcenter08.html

 

[Max Power]

"Never put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow."

yes...because doctors dont recommend ear plugs either...

 

[azgroover]

A ruptured eardrum hurts like hell...Not to mention the vertigo. Not fun.

Mine was caused by congestion. Worst pain evah. The vertigo and vicodin would be kinda fun sans the constant ringing in your ear.

 

[redman]

You shouldn't be sticking a Q-tip in your ear anyway.

Of all the things people put in their ears, among the most dangerous, Alexiades and other doctors say, is a small, innocuous object found in countless American homes: the cotton swab.

Alexiades said that during the past five years, he had treated two to four eardrum punctures a year that were caused by cotton swabs.

"It's true," he said. "Never put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/306349_hcenter08.html

Just because there are some morons who don't know how to be gentle, it doesn't mean that it's not for everyone there, Waxy.

 

[831hoops]

You shouldn't be sticking a Q-tip in your ear anyway.

It's not a Q-tip, it's an electric ear cleaner.

 

[faux_bear]

how is one supposed to clean their ears if not with a cotton swab?

Seriously, are there other/better/safer ways?

 

[BeachBums]

how is one supposed to clean their ears if not with a cotton swab? Seriously, are there other/better/safer ways?

I think the deal is that you're supposed to d0uche your ears out with water in one of those little squirty things.

 

[faux_bear]

how is one supposed to clean their ears if not with a cotton swab? Seriously, are there other/better/safer ways?

I think the deal is that you're supposed to d0uche your ears out with water in one of those little squirty things.

does anyone actually do this?

 

[Despyzer]

how is one supposed to clean their ears if not with a cotton swab? Seriously, are there other/better/safer ways?

I heard a doctor on the radio say that you really don't need to clean your ears. The ear is designed to be self-cleaning. Of course, once we step in and start doing the cleaning ourselves that messes the whole system up and it takes awhile for it to work correctly again.

 

[redman]

how is one supposed to clean their ears if not with a cotton swab? Seriously, are there other/better/safer ways?

I heard a doctor on the radio say that you really don't need to clean your ears. The ear is designed to be self-cleaning. Of course, once we step in and start doing the cleaning ourselves that messes the whole system up and it takes awhile for it to work correctly again.

All I know is that after I discovered that my nose wasn't self-picking, I couldn't just stop there.

 

[TommyGilmore]

how is one supposed to clean their ears if not with a cotton swab? Seriously, are there other/better/safer ways?

I heard a doctor on the radio say that you really don't need to clean your ears. The ear is designed to be self-cleaning. Of course, once we step in and start doing the cleaning ourselves that messes the whole system up and it takes awhile for it to work correctly again.

All I know is that after I discovered that my nose wasn't self-picking, I couldn't just stop there.

I shudder at the thought of my nose going un-picked for 30 years.

 

[ELI2TYREE]

ever see someone with really gross full of wax ears? nasty. motivation right there to stick something in and start swirling like hell...

besides, a finger is smaller than an elbow!

"Hey, get that finger out of your ear! You don't know where it's been!" (Airplane)

 

[simmonjm]

The easiest way to clean your ears is to turn your head in the shower and let the hot water run in your ears it will clean them out. I work in a clinic and have had to perform numerous ear irrigations because people used q-tips and essentially pushed ear wax back and a large ball of wax formed that made it hard to hear and caused pain for the patients. The sucky thing for the patient is they are having water shot in their ear which is uncomfortable and depending on the size of the blockage can take a while.