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What To Do If Blood Started Draining Out Of Ears After Hitting Head?

I hit my head on my right side about three days ago, and today blood started draining out of my ears, it started of as dark red and now is a lighter color. I have headache but I am taking medicine for pinched nerves in my neck which causes my headaches
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HELLO AND WELCOME TO HCM.
U NEED TO GO TO AN ENT SPECIALIST FOR CLINICAL EXAMINATION. PROBABLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT U HAV RUPTURED UR EAR DRUM AND HAS GOT SECONDRY INFECTION OF THE EAR. U WILL NEED ANTIBIOTIC COVER FOR THE SAME. UR ENT EXPERT WILL ALSO RULE OUT ANY CHANCE OF BRAIN FLUID (CSF) COMING OUT OF UR EAR.
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What To Do If Blood Started Draining Out Of Ears After Hitting Head?

HELLO AND WELCOME TO HCM. U NEED TO GO TO AN ENT SPECIALIST FOR CLINICAL EXAMINATION. PROBABLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT U HAV RUPTURED UR EAR DRUM AND HAS GOT SECONDRY INFECTION OF THE EAR. U WILL NEED ANTIBIOTIC COVER FOR THE SAME. UR ENT EXPERT WILL ALSO RULE OUT ANY CHANCE OF BRAIN FLUID (CSF) COMING OUT OF UR EAR.