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What Causes Pus And Blood Discharge From An Ear?
Hi there. I just cleaned my ear with a qtip and was very surprised to see pus and blood on it, in addition to excessive wax. Starting Monday, Id had a bit of pressure in that ear, but not enough to make me even think twice about it really. And no pain at all. I've only had an inner ear infection once before, and it did not cause pus in my ear. Could this also be an ear infection? Maybe of a different part of my ear?
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,
From history it seems that you might be having some external ear infection producing small abscess giving rise pus and blood discharge on q-tip.
clean external ear with cotton bud and put some antibiotic ear drops for few days.
Ok and take care.
From history it seems that you might be having some external ear infection producing small abscess giving rise pus and blood discharge on q-tip.
clean external ear with cotton bud and put some antibiotic ear drops for few days.
Ok and take care.
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