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Is It A Matter Of Concern If Having Slight Bleeding, Muffled Ear After Jamming A Qtip In The Ear?
This morning I accidentally jammed a qtip in my ear, It hurt like a mother but no blood at the time. But now it s been a few hours and I see slight bleeding. I can hear just fine a little muffled but is this serious? Should I be going to the dr?!? Thank you Meagan
Mon, 20 Jan 2014
hello and welcome to health care magic,
Your seems to have injured your ear drum or canal when you were cleaning the ear. People do not realize the danger of cleaning the ear even with a bud. Our ears have a natural cleansing mechanism which makes the canal clean so you do not have to.
In any case do not worry and most of the time it gets cured. The best thing to do right now is to keep your ears dry and clean and also remember these:
-Do not take head bath for two weeks so that no water can enter the ear
-Do not put any ear drops in the ear
-take a course of antibiotic like amox-clav and anti histamine like levocetrizine in consulatation with your doctor if the feeling of pain or block persists for more than two weeks
Just remember that even if you do not put any medication the ear will recover and all you need to do is keep the area dry so if you are not able to afford the medication it does not matter.
Remember again that if you keep your ears clean and dry the canal will recover but if it does not recover in a week or two then get an audiometric analysis and examination by an ENT to confirm the finding if there is any hearing loss
If any other doubts get back to me
Dr Sriram Nathan
Your seems to have injured your ear drum or canal when you were cleaning the ear. People do not realize the danger of cleaning the ear even with a bud. Our ears have a natural cleansing mechanism which makes the canal clean so you do not have to.
In any case do not worry and most of the time it gets cured. The best thing to do right now is to keep your ears dry and clean and also remember these:
-Do not take head bath for two weeks so that no water can enter the ear
-Do not put any ear drops in the ear
-take a course of antibiotic like amox-clav and anti histamine like levocetrizine in consulatation with your doctor if the feeling of pain or block persists for more than two weeks
Just remember that even if you do not put any medication the ear will recover and all you need to do is keep the area dry so if you are not able to afford the medication it does not matter.
Remember again that if you keep your ears clean and dry the canal will recover but if it does not recover in a week or two then get an audiometric analysis and examination by an ENT to confirm the finding if there is any hearing loss
If any other doubts get back to me
Dr Sriram Nathan
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