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Re:A constant loud clicking or crunching noise in her head s... by lowtolerance on Sunday August 19, 2018 @05:26PM (#17796267)
Possibly because she didn’t know it was possible to break a bone in your freaking ear canal by doing that.
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Re:A constant loud clicking or crunching noise in her head s... by AstralStorm on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:50AM (#17799193)
Typical result (it is called barotrauma) is a ruptured eardrum, not bone breakage, but osteoporosis changes that.
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Re:A constant loud clicking or crunching noise in her head s... by astura on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @09:26AM (#17809308)
Exactly. I was advised since I was a kid eardrums are easy to puncture so don't go manually fucking around with your ears. If I have water in an ear I'd lay on one side and let it drain.
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