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Suggest Treatment For Bleeding From Ear

OK, my 72 year old wife has blood on her pillow after a shower and a nap. She cleaned her ear with a cotton swab and some blood and bloody discharge came out. She has no hearing problem, no ringnig in her ear. Our email address is jebambrickcomcast.net
Mon, 29 Jun 2015
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Thanks for consulting. I have carefully worked through your case, and I can realize your health worries. Being your physician, I assure you not to worry as I will take care all of your medical concerns.

There must be some kind of injury to the ear like she must have used hairpins to remove the wax in her ear which could have injured resulted in bleeding. other possibility must be a middle ear infection in this case the discharge will be pus or clear fluid. It is hard to tell the exact cause of bleeding from the ear from the details provided above.

my suggestion will be is to consult a ENT specialist. her ear need to be examined to see if the bleeding is coming from the Wall or the ear drum.

If she has no other issues and the bleeding has stopped just need to take anti-biotic ear drops ciprofloxacin ear drops 2 drops trice daily for 5 days will do.

Hope it helps. If you need further, detailed and quick assistance related to any health issues in future, feel free to 'ask me a question' directly from my profile.

Have a wonderful time ahead.


Best Regards!
Dr. Arunmozhi varman
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Suggest Treatment For Bleeding From Ear

Thanks for consulting. I have carefully worked through your case, and I can realize your health worries. Being your physician, I assure you not to worry as I will take care all of your medical concerns. There must be some kind of injury to the ear like she must have used hairpins to remove the wax in her ear which could have injured resulted in bleeding. other possibility must be a middle ear infection in this case the discharge will be pus or clear fluid. It is hard to tell the exact cause of bleeding from the ear from the details provided above. my suggestion will be is to consult a ENT specialist. her ear need to be examined to see if the bleeding is coming from the Wall or the ear drum. If she has no other issues and the bleeding has stopped just need to take anti-biotic ear drops ciprofloxacin ear drops 2 drops trice daily for 5 days will do. Hope it helps. If you need further, detailed and quick assistance related to any health issues in future, feel free to ask me a question directly from my profile. Have a wonderful time ahead. Best Regards! Dr. Arunmozhi varman