Why Does Getting Water Up Your Nose Hurt So Much?
Jumping into a refreshingly cold body of water on a hot summer day can feel wonderful, except for your nose. Why does it hurt so much when you get water up your nose? We're conducting a survey...
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[♪ INTRO] So have you ever done a cannonball into a swimming pool or a pond and accidentally, like, shot water all up into your brain through your nose? Neauuhh, not a fan! And yet neti pots, those teapot-looking things that people use to squirt water into their noses when they’re feeling stuffy, they’re, like, soothing and relatively painless. Turns out, the difference has to do with the conditions inside your nasal cavities. See, the inside of your nose, as you may have noticed, is full of nerve endings. And not to get too up-close-and-personal here, but it’s also pretty warm up there, and kind of salty, with a salt concentration of about 0.9%. When you snort up fresh, cold swimming pool water, it’s a shock to your system because it’s just...
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[♪ INTRO] So have you ever done a cannonball into a swimming pool or a pond and accidentally, like, shot water all up into your brain through your nose? Neauuhh, not a fan! And yet neti pots, those teapot-looking things that people use to squirt water into their noses when they’re feeling stuffy, they’re, like, soothing and relatively painless. Turns out, the difference has to do with the conditions inside your nasal cavities. See, the inside of your nose, as you may have noticed, is full of nerve endings. And not to get too up-close-and-personal here, but it’s also pretty warm up there, and kind of salty, with a salt concentration of about 0.9%. When you snort up fresh, cold swimming pool water, it’s a shock to your system because it’s just...
