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Suggest Remedy For Swollen Left Ear Pinna

Posted on Wed, 18 May 2016

Question: hi the back top of my left ear pinna has been slightly swollen for 3 weeks. it does not hurt to touch. and I have not had any kind of discharge from it. sometimes it is a little itchy. could this be somekind of eczema or dermatitis ?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (8 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Photograph required

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query.
It can be fungal infection.
Please upload a photograph of the involved area.
This will help me in giving a closer diagnosis.
Waiting for your response.
Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Naveen Kumar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (1 hour later)

Hi, I have provided some attachments. Please review them.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (15 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Fungal infection

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the photographs.
I can see redness on your pinna.
It's looking like fungal infection.
I treat such cases with topical antifungal cream like clotrimazole.
It gives good response within a month.
You can try this in consultation with your doctor.
Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Deepak

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (3 hours later)

thanks you for getting back to me. yes I will be seeing my doctor this coming week. I will ask tho are ear fungal infections common. and do they affect people of all ages males or female? thanks for your help.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Welcome

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Yes ear infections are common and can happen at any age and in both sexes.
Please meet your doctor.
Let me know if you have any other doubts
Thank you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (34 hours later)

hi do doctors ever use local anasthectic on patients ears in the doctors surgery if they need to do any treatment to the ear?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (14 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes it can be used

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Yes local anaesthetic can be used.
If it's a minor surgery involving only skin topical anaesthesia creams can be used and for deeper tissue injectable anaesthesia is used.
Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (3 days later)

hi went to my doctor today. and they said nothing to worry about. just a slight bit of eczema. or a mild skin irritation. the redness is going now and it.s not quite so itch either.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (18 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You will be fine

Detailed Answer:
Hello
That's great.
It's nothing serious.
Just relax, you will be fine.
Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thank you.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Deepak