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What Causes Foul Smelling Discharge From The Ears?
Hi. My boyfriend has had lots of ear operations and polyps removed in the past and a skin Graf on his eardrum He sometimes has a foul smelling discharge from his ear. This morning he had blood running from his ear this morning followed by discharge. He has been to the doctor who has said his ear drum is black and he has an infection in the ear canal. He is worried about his eardrum being black, what is the likely cause and quat will happen? Hé is being refered back to the ent dept at the local hospital but this could take some time
Mon, 14 Dec 2015
Hello dear,
After going through your history, I believe your friend has some genuine concern and I will try to help you out of this situation.
As per the history you gave, I find that his ear condition is not resolving despite surgery. Bleeding from ear with foul discharge denotes unsafe variety of ear disease ( Cholesteatoma), which is very notorious and unless treated properly will lead to serious complications.
He has undergone multiple operations and now has got recurrence of the disease. If possible visit a good ENT hospital reputed in your country where you might have competent persons for dealing such revision cases. Please do not waste time in visiting multiple consultants.
I hope I could solve your query. Please do not hesitate to clarify more doubts for the same situation.
Thank you for the way you are in my life.
Dr Ipsit Panda
After going through your history, I believe your friend has some genuine concern and I will try to help you out of this situation.
As per the history you gave, I find that his ear condition is not resolving despite surgery. Bleeding from ear with foul discharge denotes unsafe variety of ear disease ( Cholesteatoma), which is very notorious and unless treated properly will lead to serious complications.
He has undergone multiple operations and now has got recurrence of the disease. If possible visit a good ENT hospital reputed in your country where you might have competent persons for dealing such revision cases. Please do not waste time in visiting multiple consultants.
I hope I could solve your query. Please do not hesitate to clarify more doubts for the same situation.
Thank you for the way you are in my life.
Dr Ipsit Panda
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