What should I do if my ear is infected?

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Is my ear piecing infected? what should I do? I don't have health insurance?!?

So I got my ears pierced a second time (just above the original ones I've had since I was about 5) I cleaned them daily as told. I took them out after 6 weeks and changed them and they bled, so I put my original earrings back in, My left ear is fine I've had no problem, but my right ear hurts if I touch or lean on it, and every morning I wake up and theres puss on my ear from the hole? I think it's infected, I've been cleaning it but theres not much else I can do, I don't have health insurance at...

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Cleaning it with rubbing alcohol everyday will help for sure. If it gets worse, you may have to let...

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Bad/strange infected ear piercing, the jewlery what should i do?

ok so i self pierced my ear and lip and everything turned out fine, so a few days ago i decided i wanted 2 more holes in my ear i boiled the needle iced my ear and kept everything clean and stuff, even tho i wasn't to worried since my last ear piercing...

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Try putting hydrogen peroxide on your ear regularly, at least twice a day (morning and night). That...

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What do I do if my ear is infected.?

My mom put a small clean twig in my year after my cartilage piercing got infected. She said in the village when you ear got infected they put a twig in because you could take it out and clean the ear and it will keep your ear open. She said the twig...

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Anything in there will keep it open-- I know lots of people who use little twigs -- almost like hay...

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Is my ear infected? What do I do?

I got my ear pierced in August and i switch earrings a lot but for the past while I haven't had any ear rings in. Now i put some really old earrings in that i had lost but found recently. I woke up with both ears hurting and when i press the ear lobe...

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It could be infected or you could just be allergic to the material depending on if its real gold/silver...

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What can happen if you flush an ear canal infected with swimmer's ear?

I was diagnosed with swimmer's ear yesterday, and I received prescribed drops to help treat it. It was relatively mild, but unfortunately I wasn't completely informed about how to go about with the treatment. When taking the dosage, the doctor told me...

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This is a problem I suffer from often. It is known as Otitis Externa and can be excruciatingly painful...

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My ear is infected.. what should i do?

i stretched my ears to a 14g.. my left ear is perfectly fine but my right ear it really read and hard.. on the back side of my ear.. theres a white ball.. ic ant tell if its dead skin or puss.. its really hard though.. ive been cleanin it with alcohol...

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first of all you should never clean a piercing with alcohol its way too harsh on the piercing and could...

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My stretched ear is infected. What do I do?

I haven't dealt with an infected ear in ages. I am now at an inch, I stretched with acrylic (stupid, I know) but switched over to a stainless steel tunnel less than a day later. I'm so positive I tore something because I went to take it out (which was...

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take it out and wait until it heals, clean it often. should last 2 or 3 weeks, then you can stretch...

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What Can i Do so That my Ear piercing Dosent Get Infected!?

Yesterday i Took Of My cartilage piercing . and My Ear is Kind Of Purple . i Just Pierced The Middle Of My Ear and My Whole ear Is re . i Just Want it To Heal Good Not get Infected .

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apply a disinfectant like TCP with cotton wool buds

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What i will do with the infected ear?

its 3 days now .. it really hurts my ear .. i cant sleep well because of this infected (i think) its getting worst , it is so red and swollen .in the front of my ear , there's puss ? a dirty white color ? tsss. it hurts . i took mefenamic acid yesterday...

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if you still have the earing in there take it out, and then clean it with alcohol again after that put...

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What should i do if my ear pierce got infected ?

I going to get both my ear pierce. I wonder if the ear pierce got infected, should i just leave it in and not take it out. Then rub alcohol on it to disinfect the ear ? will it heal normally after that ? i did some research and found out that if i take...

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When my ear piercing got infected, I put neosporin on the earring when I put it in and after a few days...

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