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I Am Getting Ear Pain . I Stuck An Insect In My Ear
I stuck a inscent in my ear and it got stuck in my eardrum .I pulled it out and now ihave a lot of ear pressure in my ear.no it didn't bleed and it isn't swollen . Its just backed up and it hurts . I used antibotics for swimers ear on it and my throat started to ting
Sat, 29 Jan 2011
Dear kayetee,
by pulling insect you might have damaged skin of you ear canal which is very very sensitive. it hurts lot better you avoid swimming till pain subsides to avoid getting infection and take antibiotic and pain killer for a week.
by pulling insect you might have damaged skin of you ear canal which is very very sensitive. it hurts lot better you avoid swimming till pain subsides to avoid getting infection and take antibiotic and pain killer for a week.
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