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Question: I have had the sound of my heartbeat in my ear for about a week. I used a qtip to remove wax and edit stopped for awhile. I had. A lot of wax since I never use q tips. I now have bright red blood coming from my ear. No pain. The heartbeat sound stopped. I am very scared
Brief Answer:
Ear wax with trauma
Detailed Answer:
Hi
thanks for putting up the query
as you are saying that you used qtip and after that blood is coming out, it means you have injured the drum so my advice would be don't use any ear drops
just keep the ear dry
don't use any ear plugs or ear buds
when the bleeding stops start using waxrid ear drops 3 drops 4 to 5 times a day for 5 days..this will soften the wax..u can than get it cleaned..
The heart sound u were hearing was due to wax blocking the ears..u might have created some passage for sound with qtip, so ringing inears stopped..
If u feel any hearing problem, get an audiometry done..
If u have any further questions, feel free to ask..wishing you a speedy recovery
thanks and regards
Ear wax with trauma
Detailed Answer:
Hi
thanks for putting up the query
as you are saying that you used qtip and after that blood is coming out, it means you have injured the drum so my advice would be don't use any ear drops
just keep the ear dry
don't use any ear plugs or ear buds
when the bleeding stops start using waxrid ear drops 3 drops 4 to 5 times a day for 5 days..this will soften the wax..u can than get it cleaned..
The heart sound u were hearing was due to wax blocking the ears..u might have created some passage for sound with qtip, so ringing inears stopped..
If u feel any hearing problem, get an audiometry done..
If u have any further questions, feel free to ask..wishing you a speedy recovery
thanks and regards
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