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What Causes Bleeding From The Ear After Cleaning The Wax?

I took my 9 month old to the pediatrician today. She wanted to clean out the wax in his ears. After doing so, both ears bled and she had to cortorize the one ear to make it stop bleeding. Should I be concerened about the bleeding and take him to an ear specialist?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,
It is possible that due to forceful cleaning with q-tip or cotton buds there might behaving soreness or bruise in external ear giving rise bleeding.
Give her one course of antibiotic to prevent infection.
Put antibiotic ear drops 2-3 times a day for 3 days.
Do not try to clean the ear or remove the crusts.
Ok and take care.
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What Causes Bleeding From The Ear After Cleaning The Wax?

Hi, It is possible that due to forceful cleaning with q-tip or cotton buds there might behaving soreness or bruise in external ear giving rise bleeding. Give her one course of antibiotic to prevent infection. Put antibiotic ear drops 2-3 times a day for 3 days. Do not try to clean the ear or remove the crusts. Ok and take care.