Ear infection

[zubin]

Have had an ear infection, finished a course of antibiotics and the pain has stopped, but a week later it's still bleeding etc and I can't hear a thing out of it - when should this stop it's a nightmare!

ooh sounds horrible - is it bleeding out of your ear (i.e. not the skin)?

I would go back to GP asap if I was you

ooh, poor you. not got advice i am afraid, but can send a virtual hug for the pain. i hate getting ear infections......the pain is absolutely horrid:(

It is horrid, and it is definitely coming from the ear, I was in agony but now it only hurts briefly before it bleeds (sorry vile I know), but it is making me feel dizzy because I can only hear out of 1 ear - feeling v sorry for myself

def go back to the GP! They need to see where the blood is coming from - also if you can't hear, they need to see why. You poor poor thing.

Gonna second foxinsocks.....get to a doctor asap. sounds as tho the infection hasn't gone, and you may need some more anti-b's, as well as some ear drops.

just for your info, I once had a horrendous ear infection as a child and we had to fly back from abroad - my ear drum burst and loads of pus and blood came out and afterwards I was deaf. GP (things may have moved on since then!) said that the blood coming out was often a sign of a nasty middle ear infection - my hearing took a while to recover unfortunately (just had to wait for it to come back on its own).

Always best to get it looked at again though I would think!!

Thanks, nice to get a bit of sympathy - dh is just rubbish! Will get another dr's appointment and try and get myself sorted

It took 2 lots of antibiotics over 3 weeks to shift the ear infection I had 18 months ago. I was deaf for weeks and weeks afterwards.