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Fluid Discharge From Behind The Earlobe. Fungal Infection? Not Responding To Anti-fungal Cream
For more than a year I have had a clear fluid that seeps out from behind my earlobe it dries and turns into a flaky white crust that looks like dead skin but I know it is not because I found the clear fluid seeping out many times. Daily I wash the skin clean behind the ear removing all the dry flaking and by night it is back again. My PCP told me it was most likely a fungus and I have used anti fungal cream sometimes for weeks at a time with very little improvement. Just yesterday the fluid was running down the side of my face. Any idea what is causing this?
Fri, 24 Aug 2012
Dear friend , welcome to HCM.
if it is not itchy, it can be from inner osteomyelitis or inner ear or skull bone infection .
only clear fluid can be CSF (brain fluid ) , but in your case if there was no trauma to the skull, it is less likely.
do you have fever anytime?
has the flake / discharge been cultureed for infection?
pl. see an ENT surgeon to get it evaluated. you amy need Xray skull or CT scan after evaluation.
it could be rarely a cyst (fluidy walled cavity)inside.
take care. and keep me informed on your progress. pl. take a few seconds to rate this experience here before yoy log out.
thanks !
if it is not itchy, it can be from inner osteomyelitis or inner ear or skull bone infection .
only clear fluid can be CSF (brain fluid ) , but in your case if there was no trauma to the skull, it is less likely.
do you have fever anytime?
has the flake / discharge been cultureed for infection?
pl. see an ENT surgeon to get it evaluated. you amy need Xray skull or CT scan after evaluation.
it could be rarely a cyst (fluidy walled cavity)inside.
take care. and keep me informed on your progress. pl. take a few seconds to rate this experience here before yoy log out.
thanks !
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