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Suggest Remedies For Ear Bleeding After Using A Q-tip

I was cleaning my daughters ear today with cotton bud and suddenly it gets much inside the ear that it start bleeding The blood stops after the while for about6-7 hours But when at night she went to bed her blood again came out from her ear I am much worried plz tell me why this happened.she is not feeling any pain nor any problem in hearing
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Hi,

The q-tip causes injury to the skin of the ear canal with resultant abrasion or so that causes the bleeding.
Removal of the clot on it might have caused rebleeding.
You can certainly do the following:
If you can do a proper packaging of the ear with sterile gauze soaked in Liquid Povidone Iodine, otherwise take her to Er so that an expert can pack properly and stop the blessing. Also, get an ENT Endoscopy to see whether the tympanic membrane is spared or not.
Do not install any ear drops.
You give her any painkiller if there is a pain.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T Chandrakant, General Surgeon
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Suggest Remedies For Ear Bleeding After Using A Q-tip

Hi, The q-tip causes injury to the skin of the ear canal with resultant abrasion or so that causes the bleeding. Removal of the clot on it might have caused rebleeding. You can certainly do the following: If you can do a proper packaging of the ear with sterile gauze soaked in Liquid Povidone Iodine, otherwise take her to Er so that an expert can pack properly and stop the blessing. Also, get an ENT Endoscopy to see whether the tympanic membrane is spared or not. Do not install any ear drops. You give her any painkiller if there is a pain. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T Chandrakant, General Surgeon