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Suggest Treatment For Pain And Pus Discharge From Infected Ear Piercing Site
My husband is on 300mg twice daily of Voriconazole for a rare fungus covering a mass in the lung. He is having too many side effects and wishes to cease the medication. Can these meds be stopped immediately, or is it a slow process........ eg. Prednisolone
Thu, 3 Dec 2015
Hi Dear,
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern. As per your query pain and pus discharge from infected ear piercing site could be due to the fact that during piercing the instruments used are not clean enough or not sterilize which causes infection and leads to formation of pus and pain as well. Conditions should be highly septic and instrument should be adequately sharp otherwise there will be minor skin trauma which leads to infection. Medicine such as Pednisolone has to be tapered off on slow basis and not immediately. I would suggest you to take advil or tylenol for pain. You can apply fusidic acid cream or mupirocin cream locally to treat or avoid any infection and pus in the ear lobe. Clean it properly. Consult doctor for proper examination. Doctor may prescribe antibiotic course for 7-10 days. Don't remove the ring as it will cause closure of site. If bleeding occurs you can apply the pressure for 10 mins till the bleeding stops.
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern. As per your query pain and pus discharge from infected ear piercing site could be due to the fact that during piercing the instruments used are not clean enough or not sterilize which causes infection and leads to formation of pus and pain as well. Conditions should be highly septic and instrument should be adequately sharp otherwise there will be minor skin trauma which leads to infection. Medicine such as Pednisolone has to be tapered off on slow basis and not immediately. I would suggest you to take advil or tylenol for pain. You can apply fusidic acid cream or mupirocin cream locally to treat or avoid any infection and pus in the ear lobe. Clean it properly. Consult doctor for proper examination. Doctor may prescribe antibiotic course for 7-10 days. Don't remove the ring as it will cause closure of site. If bleeding occurs you can apply the pressure for 10 mins till the bleeding stops.
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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