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What Causes Pain In The Ears?

Hello. My son is having pain in his ears and is also showing blood after using a q tip inside the ear. He was water skiing and wakeboarding last week and was told he probably has swimmers ear. I am very concerned because of the blood inside of his ear. He is about 5 hours away at a week long summer camp and was taken to the ER earlier today but was not seen by a physician because I could not be reached. Should I call his pediatrician asap? Or should he go back to the ER?
Tue, 18 Jul 2017
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Hi,
Thanks for the query. I understand your concern.
Yes it's likely to be a swimmer's ear... added symptoms of bleeding could be an attempt to clean ear with a cotton tip stick , which eventually injured the inflamed inner lining of external ear. Such injury increases risk of bacterial of fungal infection .
Considering this I feel he needs antibiotics/ anti inflammatory medicines in addition to ear drops & probably cleaning of ear by a specialist.
With the complaints he has.. he should not continue swimming till ear is healed...( & in future he should prevent such problem with use of head ap or properly fitting ear buds.)... he should be taken home & given treatment under ENT doctor...in order to prevent complications.
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What Causes Pain In The Ears?

Hi, Thanks for the query. I understand your concern. Yes it s likely to be a swimmer s ear... added symptoms of bleeding could be an attempt to clean ear with a cotton tip stick , which eventually injured the inflamed inner lining of external ear. Such injury increases risk of bacterial of fungal infection . Considering this I feel he needs antibiotics/ anti inflammatory medicines in addition to ear drops & probably cleaning of ear by a specialist. With the complaints he has.. he should not continue swimming till ear is healed...( & in future he should prevent such problem with use of head ap or properly fitting ear buds.)... he should be taken home & given treatment under ENT doctor...in order to prevent complications. Thanks