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Suggest Treatment For Pain In The Ear While Having Earwax
Question: my grandson is 5 and he has green stuff coming out his ear. you can not even touch his ear and he screams.
my daughter took him to urgent care and the dr said it was ear wax. his ear should not hurt from ear wax
he keeps plugging his nose and blowing too. like his ear is plugged. ??
my daughter took him to urgent care and the dr said it was ear wax. his ear should not hurt from ear wax
he keeps plugging his nose and blowing too. like his ear is plugged. ??
Brief Answer:
It may be due to secondary infection or fluid in middle ear
Detailed Answer:
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Ear wax when gets stucked deep inside may cause pain.But this pain is usually not severe enough as you have mentioned.
Also the blowing symptoms are unusual particularly when wax has been removed.
Sometimes when wax remains in the ear canal for long duration it may get infected and that can cause severe pain.Also there might be possibility of collection of some fluid in the middle ear called glue ear which may present with these symptoms.
Here I would suggest you to get your child reevaluated by an ENT (ear, nose, throat specialist) for direct clinical examination to rule out the possibility of infection or abnormal collection of fluid.
I won't get worried if the ENT specialist clears him as sometimes the pain may persist even after removal of wax and here symptomatic treatment like oral analgesic or ear drops helps.
Please feel free to ask any further question if you have any doubt.
Regards
It may be due to secondary infection or fluid in middle ear
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for choosing this platform
Ear wax when gets stucked deep inside may cause pain.But this pain is usually not severe enough as you have mentioned.
Also the blowing symptoms are unusual particularly when wax has been removed.
Sometimes when wax remains in the ear canal for long duration it may get infected and that can cause severe pain.Also there might be possibility of collection of some fluid in the middle ear called glue ear which may present with these symptoms.
Here I would suggest you to get your child reevaluated by an ENT (ear, nose, throat specialist) for direct clinical examination to rule out the possibility of infection or abnormal collection of fluid.
I won't get worried if the ENT specialist clears him as sometimes the pain may persist even after removal of wax and here symptomatic treatment like oral analgesic or ear drops helps.
Please feel free to ask any further question if you have any doubt.
Regards
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