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Large ears
Large ears are a clinical finding in which a person's ears are larger than normal, often due genetic conditions like Fragile X syndrome.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Large ears?
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A 45-year old asked:
Are there any conditions the cause people to have extremely large ears?
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A 48-year old asked:
Do people with large ears tend to live longer than people with small ears?
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A 40-year old asked:
Anyone ever notice that some old people have very large ears?
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A 38-year old asked:
My best friend has got rather large ears and has lately grown taller. Will his ears get bigger too?
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A 46-year old asked:
What causes freakishly small hands and large ears?
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A 45-year old asked:
How to get rid of very large ear keloid?
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A 36-year old asked:
What disease causes freakishly small hands and freakishly large ears?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I wear large ear plugs every night to bed. 33 decibels. My ears are itchy everyday. Should I be concerned! And long term effects with wearing?
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A 31-year old female asked:
31 yr old female large knot behinde ear not sick its slightly red in color dr said nothing to be worried about not a bug bite what could it be worried?
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A 35-year old asked:
Why am i getting a large amount of ear wax all of a sudden?
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A 49-year old asked:
Please tell me, could a large goiter cause ear ringing and neck problems?
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A 36-year old asked:
Could a large buildup of ear wax cause tinnitis and vertigo?
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A 38-year old asked:
What to do if i seem to always get a large buildup of ear wax in one of my ears. Why is that and what causes it?
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A male asked:
How will the size of my ears be reduced during ear surgery? I have had large and prominent ears since i can remember and now that i'm going to college i would like to have the ear surgery before i go. Can the surgery make them smaller? If so, how is it do
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A member asked:
7yo failed hearing test & ENT found fluid in ear & large tonsil. After 2 rounds of antibiotics fluid decreased but not gone. Can we wait it out?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Right ear has started growing and is 1/2 inch larger than my left ear. What can this be?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Why does my partner get large lumps behind his ear that are painful and leek?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Hi I have a large lump behind my ear it was small a year ago were I hardly noticed it but now just over the past week 6 times the size?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Hi I have a large lump behind my ear. It started about 3-4 years ago and has just got bigger.Its painless n quite soft and movable. Any ideas please?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Can ur bone behind ur right ear be larger the the bone behind the left? Is this normal? I do have a small pea size cyst behind right ear.
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A 16-year old female asked:
I have a painful purple bump the size of a very large pimple in my ear near the cartilage. what could this possibly be?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I have a headache, sometimes in the back of my neck. Only my right gland is very large and my right ear aches. What is this?
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A male asked:
I have a large zit behind my ear. It is very large and warm. All night liquid has been draining.
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A 34-year old male asked:
I have a large pimple inside my ear lobe. Have tried popping it but can't because it is on the inside of the ear lobe. How do I get rid of it?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Rubbed cryoderm on neck for pain large bump appeard behind ear small bumps on hair line r side of neck tight hair band around head feel ruff sore?
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A 30-year old female asked about a female:
12.5 month old received MMR 9 days ago. Now has large swollen glands behind ears on both sides. Normal? Pamphlet said 2-3 weeks later possible mild mumps illness but hasnt been that long yet.
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A 39-year old male asked:
I have a bad ear infection. Left side of face is swollen and there is a large lump below my ear. Can't sleep cause of how much pain there is. ?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Clicking in throat when swallowing, had an extremely painful ear infection, right gland still feels larger than normal, mild ear pain still after amox?
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A 35-year old asked:
Why do old people all have long, big ears?
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