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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / September 2003Ear candling for tinnitus
My future daughter in law has been complaining of tinnitus for quite some time now. Apparently from the description it is quite bothersome and much worse than mine, or my anxiety of it. A few weeks ago she announced she was going to see the accupuncturist I have used for various problems in the past. She has had an appointment with him to date and he says he can "cure" her tinnitus. I am skeptical even though it is fantastic for muscle / tendon problems. I spoke with her tonight and asked her how it has been going with this accupuncturist and she told me her tinnitus is almost gone. She has received ear candling from this guy and claims a tonne of wax was removed from her ear canals. She has to go back to have it done one more time but feels from the previous success her tinnitus may be mostly or completely gone. I will update more as I find out over the next weeks. > My future daughter in law has been complaining of tinnitus for quite some > time now. Apparently from the description it is quite bothersome and much [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I will update more as I find out over the next weeks. Hello, these candles are made of beeswax, supposedly it warms the clog in the ear and evaporates it!! (perhaps some beeswax smoke can do this?) so its particles float through the candle tube and gets caught up again by a filter in the other side of the candle. Now, stupid people actually believe this, that 30 degrees celsius can powderize ear-muck so it floats out from the ear! LOL Anyway, the "earwax" these herbalists claim to find is differently charred lumps of beeswax. * Beware of these candles, the filter is just a cross inside it, with plenty of room for burning dripping beeswax lava to drop INTO the ear from its vertical position. * Now the medical effect of these candles imho is the fact it release tension and the crackly noise from the candle as it burns down inside your ear, sorta overrides the T so you "tune" out from it Tommy If you belief that ear candling works, then you might also believe that someone somewhere has a voodoo doll in your likeness with a pin stuck in it's ear. Be careful of medical quackery is my advise. Brad I believe what works, unlike many of the so-called "professionals" and their peer reviewed double-blind, better than placebo, poison your body garbage that causes many deaths. You can spout all your garbage theories all you want about how "it shouldn't work", but in the end you will still have your affliction and whine about how you are helpless until the cows come home. Some people are not that gullible to medical hearsay and are willing to put out a little effort to improve their lives. What have you done to improve your tinnitus? Do tell! > If you belief that ear candling works, then you might also believe > that someone somewhere has a voodoo doll in your likeness with a pin > stuck in it's ear. Be careful of medical quackery is my advise. > > Brad Gym Bob, Your nick implies that you are a "gymrat". If so, what's your workout strategy. I'm at the gym three times a week and compete in powerlifting. Howard N. Gutnick > I believe what works, unlike many of the so-called "professionals" and their > peer reviewed double-blind, better than placebo, poison your body garbage [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Brad Actually as a female I do not compete power lift but do "special favours" for the boys at the gym. Thus the second name "bob". Sort of a groupie thing that got me this name. > Gym Bob, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > > > > Brad I've worked under a microscope trying to extract cerumen with curettes, loops, hooks, blunts, and suction. We don't use irrigation. Many ears can take 5 to 15 minutes to get all of the cerumen out. The notion that there is some negative pressure that will pull cerumen out is so absurd as to be laughable. But if it floats your cerumen, have at it. HNG > > My future daughter in law has been complaining of tinnitus for quite some > > time now. Apparently from the description it is quite bothersome and much [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Tommy You know, though, that if the patient THINKS it works, and they FEEL better, then it WORKS. True. There is at least a forty percent placebo rate in tinnitus work. Just seeing someone who believes in you and you trust can really make a difference in this condition. And personally, I think that if something makes someone feel better, then good. There are too many therapies that appear to be officially supported that make people feel WORSE! Fatigue, nausea, slowed responses, cognitively impairment, physical exhaustion, constipation, loss of vigor and even loss of sexual enjoyment or interest: all of these are consider legimate prices to pay for medications used to treat tinnitus. I have literally seen patients who are so overmedicated, they can hardly sign their names! Perhaps the ear candles aren't the trick here, it is the person lighting the candle: the kindness and caring warmth from someone who listens and responds. And if so, then fine! Marsha Johnson Marsha, I think there are distinct differences between "therapies" that work because people believe in them, regardless of their physiologic effectiveness, and therapies that are reputed to achieve some physical end that can be objectively verified. The former would be how ear candling affects tinnitus, feelings of fullness in the ear, or other more vague complaints which often can't be pinned down to some focal cause. If the individual believes deeply enough that it will be effective, it certainly could be effective and only a cruel and unfeeling clinician would try to dispute that, especially after an ear candle had been used with the result that was desired by the patient. The latter would be if ear candling can extract cerumen from the ear canal. This is totally bogus and can be easily determined by the simple use of an otoscope before and after the ear candling. Howard N. Gutnick > You know, though, that if the patient THINKS it works, and they FEEL better, > then it WORKS. True. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Marsha Johnson A simple moron test can be established by just reading your post. It is easy to establish your ignorance and only parrot what you have been told to say. Now go to your room and play with your toys. > Marsha, > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > > > > Marsha Johnson |
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