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- Stephen Bergs is at the doctors having a build up of earwax cleared
- A doctor pumps water into his ear canal to remove the blockage
- After several pumps an enormous lump of orange-brown wax falls out
- Video has been viewed more than 5.5m times since it was uploaded
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Hard, orange-black and resembling a cockroach, this is the moment an enormous clump of wax is flushed out of a man’s ear.
The video shows Stephen Bergs, from Australia, having his ears irrigated due to a build up of wax.
Using a metal pump, a doctor pumps water into his ear in order to flush the blockage out – and what happens next is truly gruesome.
Upon the final pump, screeching is heard from the people in the background of the video as a shiny lump of wax – which looks like an insect – falls out of his ear.
‘I don’t want to touch it,’ someone in the background of the video says. ‘The water is brown.’
‘Put this on YouTube,’ someone else says. ‘People love it.’
The video has been viewed more than 5.5 million times since Mr Bergs uploaded it to the video-sharing channel.
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Writing underneath the 49-second clip, he said: ‘A disgusting video of my ear being flushed out with an ear syringe. Lots of mouldy wax comes gushing out.’
Earwax is produced inside the ears to keep them clean and free of germs.
It usually passes out harmlessly, but sometimes too much can build up and block the ear canal.
However some people produce naturally hard or dry earwax, or have narrow or hairy ear canals which means it may be more likely to get stuck.
This horrific video shows Stephen Bergs having his ears flushed with water to remove a blockage of wax. After several pumps, an enormous orange-black lump of wax falls out
A build up of the substance can cause earache, hearing loss, itchiness, vertigo (a spinning sensation) and ear infections.
Doctors advise people not to remove the build-up themselves or with a cotton bud or other objects, as this can damage the ear and push the wax further down.
The main treatment for a clogged ear is ear drops, ear irrigation – as Mr Berg underwent.
Sometimes microsuction – a quick and painless procedure where a small device is used to suck the earwax out of the ear is necessary.
On other occasions an aural toilet is used. This is where a thin instrument with a small hoop at one end is used to clean the ear and scrape out the wax.
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