It's like watching a car wreck

May 16, 2005 6:30 PM

Dr. Kevin Kavanaugh, ENT, is an ear, nose, and throat doctor. He likes to take educational pictures and videos of mucus, fungus, and ear maggots among other things so we can observe, learn, and go ewwww. (wmv req for vids) ((ear maggots are pretty nauseating))
posted by DeepFriedTwinkies (24 comments total)

Lovely.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 6:52 PM on May 16, 2005

!
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 6:55 PM on May 16, 2005

((ear maggots are pretty nauseating))

Now why did i go click on that link? Why? WHY?!!!
posted by ramix at 6:58 PM on May 16, 2005

I'm sure that is a fine post. I am convinced the ear maggots are sickening. I am not, not, not, going to click on that link.
posted by marxchivist at 7:09 PM on May 16, 2005

This is a very rare condition.

Geez, doc, ya' think?!? AN INSECT LAID EGGS INSIDE YOUR PATIENT'S EAR CANAL!!! AND THEY HATCHED!!!!!

I don't usually use excessive caps, or exclamation points, but IMO the doc and we are NOT dealing with a very alert or hygenic individual here.
posted by yhbc at 7:16 PM on May 16, 2005

doctors who share weird shit like this are cool
posted by hardshoes at 7:18 PM on May 16, 2005

Pest of the web.
posted by AlexReynolds at 7:18 PM on May 16, 2005

That's hot.
posted by jikel_morten at 7:19 PM on May 16, 2005

Brilliant! Fascinating stuff, thanks for the links! I may offer to redesign his website for free in exchange for all the cool pics and info.
posted by blendor at 7:24 PM on May 16, 2005

It's ogrish.com with a sense of flair.
posted by bardic at 9:39 PM on May 16, 2005

Doc: Well Rudolf, we finally figured out what makes your ear red.

Rudolf: Is it pixy dust or Leprocaun tails?

Doc: No, it's maggots.

Rudolf: You mean like a magical christmas maggots?

Doc: No, malignant maggots, the base of which is lodged deep within your ear canal.

Rudolf: Oh... like a happy special-

Doc: You're going deaf.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:59 PM on May 16, 2005

Well, I figured out who is responsible for the ear maggots.
posted by rolypolyman at 10:05 PM on May 16, 2005

MMMmmm Ear maggots...
Someone should write this into the next Chappelle's Show, or South Park...
posted by Balisong at 10:09 PM on May 16, 2005

Ear maggot...soon to be a personal insult to someone near you.
posted by deusdiabolus at 11:48 PM on May 16, 2005

Maybe this is what Rush Limbaugh is thinking of when he's on a roll about "dope-smoking maggot-infested hippies"?
posted by alumshubby at 6:09 AM on May 17, 2005

ear maggots? I saw that in a star trek movie.

until I get health care I will continue to posit that my ear nose and throat do not exist, as neither do my cavitated molars nor my ulcerated stomach.
posted by nervousfritz at 6:50 AM on May 17, 2005

Wow. Those are very cool and totaly revolting links. Thanks. I think.
posted by raedyn at 8:51 AM on May 17, 2005

Apparently, I was sufficiently horrified so as to remove my ability to spell.
posted by raedyn at 8:52 AM on May 17, 2005

[does not click the links]
posted by five fresh fish at 12:59 PM on May 17, 2005

His name is "Kavanagh." I thought for a minute that he might be related to Dr. Andrea Kavanaugh, who wrote a fascinating book called "The Social Control of Technology in North Africa." I was all set to email her and rib her a bit about her "relative," so I was sorely disappointed to see the real spelling of Dr. Maggot's name...
posted by Liosliath at 4:14 PM on May 17, 2005

His name is "Kavanagh."

Umm...I was using the Anglo spelling as a sign of friendship across the pond? Oops. Nice catch Lio(u)slaith.
posted by DeepFriedTwinkies at 5:36 PM on May 17, 2005

I've seen a lot of medical illustations and thought I was a tough cookie.

I am not a tough cookie. In fact, I am about to misplace every one of my cookies, and I have a feeling if Dr. Kavanagh were around, he'd just smile that enigmatic smile of his and take a picture.
posted by melissa may at 5:42 PM on May 17, 2005

well, i didn't click on the ear maggots, but i actually have polyps in my sinuses so that was actually informative : >
posted by amberglow at 6:14 PM on May 17, 2005

/too much info
posted by raedyn at 10:43 AM on May 18, 2005