What causes bleeding ears? Beware of otitis externa

Everyone should be very nervous when the ears bleed. The common cause of ear bleeding is otitis externa. Otitis externa is a common ear disease. It is very harmful and prone to recurrence. It can cause deafness and tinnitus, so it must be treated as soon as possible.

1. Premonitions of Disease

Otitis externa is very likely to recur and may lead to other diseases, such as chronic suppurative otitis media, anemia, vitamin deficiency, diabetes, etc. Therefore, when there is burning, pain, discomfort or itching in the external auditory canal, and a small amount of secretion appears, you should immediately go to a regular ENT hospital for treatment to avoid the occurrence of more serious diseases.

2. Acute otitis externa can easily turn into chronic

If acute otitis externa is not treated promptly or improperly, it will turn into a chronic disease. Once acute otitis externa develops into chronic otitis externa, the ear often feels uncomfortable and itchy, with a small amount of secretions, slight hearing loss, congestion or thickening of the skin of the external auditory canal, or covered with scabs with a small amount of pus or debris on the scabs, and sometimes removing the scabs may cause bleeding. The external eardrum may be turbid, thickened, and unclearly marked, or due to damage to the tympanic membrane epithelium, a small amount of granulation tissue may form on its surface.

3. It can easily cause deafness and tinnitus

When external otitis causes burning, itching, pain, congestion, swelling, etc., and then changes into serous or purulent secretions, the skin will generally become swollen, the eardrum will be obscured, and hearing will be affected, resulting in conductive deafness and tinnitus. Because the secretions of external otitis are non-stimulating, the earlobe will be affected. In severe cases, the lymph nodes around the ears may swell, and symptoms such as fever and discomfort may occur throughout the body.

Through the introduction of the above article, everyone now understands the relevant hazards of otitis externa. I hope that understanding these relevant hazards of otitis externa can help people correctly view this disease and do a good job in the prevention and treatment of otitis externa. It is crucial to stay away from the disease effectively.