# What is the name for this type of pain?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 9, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-type-of-pain/455821 "2008-07-09T12:29:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-type-of-pain/455821/21 "2008-07-10T18:26:36Z")

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[QUOTE=gigi]  
When I tilt my head and put eardrops in my ear (duh), I feel like they are coming out the inner corner of my eye.  
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Oh god yes! I know that feeling! Even though I haven’t put eardrops in my ear for ages I can still remember exactly what it feels like.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-type-of-pain/455821/22 "2008-07-10T18:48:31Z")

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[QUOTE=jayjay]  
Not referred pain, as such, but referred sensation: if I’m cleaning out my ears with a Q-tip (yes, I’ve read the “do not insert in ear canal” thing, but nothing else has any power over my mutant earwax), when I hit certain spots, I get a tickle in my throat.  
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That is the Vagus nerve. Mine was irritated by a small piece of hair after getting a haircut. The result was 16 hours of hic-coughing. It is also the time that I realized why there is a Ears, Nose and Throat medical specialist.

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