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What Is The Treatment For Bleeding And Painful Ear?
While mowing the lawn, I had a tree branch poke me in the ear and it hurt for about 5 minutes. It is painful to yawn and I used a towel to wipe my ears after my shower and that ear was bloody. My hearing is a little muffled in that ear. Should I be seen?
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Hi, by your history it looks like you might have injured your external ear canal its very unlikely it to injure ear drum, my advice to you is to avoid water entry to ear and to avoid cleaning of ear, so that wound gets time to heal. Even after taking this precautions if you experience fever or pain aggrevates then consult Ent specialist, take care.
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