What should I do if my ear is bleeding?

Bleeding ears need to be treated in conjunction with the condition of the ear, such as keeping the ear canal clean and hygienic, applying medication, and taking oral medication. If the ear is bleeding, it is considered to be caused by damage to the skin of the external ear canal. First of all, you need to stop pulling out the ear immediately, if the local bleeding is relatively small, and there is no other abnormalities, you can not take special treatment, as long as attention to local hygiene, keep the local dry, with the growth of time will gradually recover. If the amount of local bleeding is relatively large, you need to use medical swabs to press the local area to reduce local bleeding. Apply povidone-iodine to sterilize the skin of the external auditory canal, and then apply erythromycin ointment to prevent local infection as prescribed by the doctor. If accompanied by severe pain or other discomfort, also need to take oral antibiotics to prevent infection, such as amoxicillin, cefuroxime, roxithromycin and other drugs. If the ear is pulled out bleeding, accompanied by tinnitus, hearing loss and other discomforts, hospitalization, otoscopy, such as tympanic membrane perforation, it is recommended not to get water in the ear and spot medication, do not blow your nose, prevent colds, and regular outpatient rechecks. If necessary, apply broad-spectrum antibiotics to prevent infection, such as amoxicillin, cefuroxime, roxithromycin and so on. General traumatic tympanic membrane perforation can be self-healing, such as observation of three months can not be self-healing, the need for tympanic membrane repair surgery. If your ears are bleeding, we recommend that you visit the hospital for a checkup, and then give the appropriate treatment after clarifying the location of the damage.