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What Causes Blood In Ear?

I was cleaning my ears with a qtip about 4-5 days ago and was being a little rough, when I noticed a small amount of blood on my qtip. Didn't worry about it, until this morning I was cleaning that same ear and I noticed there was dry blood in my ear. What's you opinion?
Thu, 24 Apr 2014
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ENT Specialist 's  Response
in my opinion ,u made a injury by forceful cleaning.thats common to see dry flakes of blood after few days. u need to see an ent surgeon to know d depth of injury u have made.mean time not to allow water per eard during face wash or bath.all d best.
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What Causes Blood In Ear?

in my opinion ,u made a injury by forceful cleaning.thats common to see dry flakes of blood after few days. u need to see an ent surgeon to know d depth of injury u have made.mean time not to allow water per eard during face wash or bath.all d best.