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Went to the doctor yesterday because of my ears
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 380656" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I went looking for this one. I found ONE reference at the bottom of one website which mentioned a very rare link between ear syringing and heart problems.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The vagus nerve is a very widely-branched nerve found in a lot of places around the body - it's called the vagus, because it is a wanderer, found everywhere (from the Latin for wanderer). The vagus nerve controls the heart rate. If the vagus nerve is stimulated, the heart rate rapidly plummets. For syringing to be able to stimulate the vagus nerve at all, let alone to such an extent that it stops the heart - I think you'd have to be deformed or something, to have a branch of the vagus nerve close enough to be affected. And once the stimulation stops, the heart should go back to normal in seconds.</p><p></p><p>So I don't know what the doctor was talking about. However, I am not a doctor, the doctor may know something I don't. Why not ask him?</p><p></p><p>I couldn't find any information on any connection between over-production of ear wax, and heart trouble.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 380656, member: 1991"] I went looking for this one. I found ONE reference at the bottom of one website which mentioned a very rare link between ear syringing and heart problems. The vagus nerve is a very widely-branched nerve found in a lot of places around the body - it's called the vagus, because it is a wanderer, found everywhere (from the Latin for wanderer). The vagus nerve controls the heart rate. If the vagus nerve is stimulated, the heart rate rapidly plummets. For syringing to be able to stimulate the vagus nerve at all, let alone to such an extent that it stops the heart - I think you'd have to be deformed or something, to have a branch of the vagus nerve close enough to be affected. And once the stimulation stops, the heart should go back to normal in seconds. So I don't know what the doctor was talking about. However, I am not a doctor, the doctor may know something I don't. Why not ask him? I couldn't find any information on any connection between over-production of ear wax, and heart trouble. Marg [/QUOTE]
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