You probably don't know how doctors choose their speciality. Sometimes it's because of contact early in life with a physician role model, sometimes due to a disease ravaging a loved one. For many of us in medicine, our speciality is chosen based on what we find fascinating, and avoiding those things that are distasteful.

We're talking body discharges. I determined early on that I don't like toe jam and scaly long toenails (so Podiatry is out), have no interest in 'wee' (so no Urology), hated the ladies who came to the ED at 0300 for their vaginal discharges (no Gyn  on my list), and am grossed out entirely by phlegm (Pumonary docs love it!) Obviously I have no issues with poo or vomit; and no, I'm ok with your thought that this in itself is pathologic.

However, I really believed that the ENT specialists were out of the great body fluid debate, at east until I saw this site detailing the joys and sorrows of ear wax http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/disorders/hearing/wax2.html. If you're like me, the service the photo will provide is to quell your appetite for a bit today-- and snuff any notions of wanting to be an Otolaryngologist when you grow up!

So, have you asked your doc why s/he chose their profession? Very illuminating!