Hi,
Noted the history related to the boyfriend of your daughter having had pain in ear after blowing nose, was given antibiotic and drops, started bleeding from left ear, wants to know what to do.
The chronology of events indicate towards the possible cause:
Blowing of the nose pushes air and nasal fluid through Eustichian tune to the middle earof on left side, which turned into infection increasing the edema and fluid. This causes
severe pain and daarfness.
This in turn can rupture the ear drum.
This is an obvious
injury and thus the ear drum bleeds.
So no need to panic unless the patient is on blood thinners like
Aspirin or
Clopidogrel or has some bleeding or cclotting disorder.
If the bleeding is not controlled within 7 minutes then he needs to see a Doctor in ER and get investigated for the causes just explained.
The treatment will obviously be as per the findings.
Do not instill anything in ear.
Continue the antibiotic.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT & General Surgeon