Flu, ear infection and bleeding ear!

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Hello all

I’m really struggling at the moment because I’ve been trying to recover from flu which developed into an ear infection.

I’ve never known pain like it in my life but luckily my wonderful mum took me to the doctors. After being given antibiotics and codeine for the pain I had to return a few hours later when blood started dripping from the same ear. This was Wednesday.

Two days later I’m still getting blood (though not as much) and the pain is still there (it’s just bearable now - I’m not sobbing like I was)

Should I contact the doctors back or is this normal?

Here are my pads from the last hour (sorry if TMI!)

Sorry no advice but I think I have a similar problem... Have had fever since Sunday and earache since Monday. Unbearable pain which left me sobbing and unable to sleep all of Tuesday night. Got antibiotics on Wednesday. They didn't give me codeine though despite me saying paracetamol and ibuprofen were doing nothing. Perhaps I should have asked for some! Luckily I found some in a drawer, slept for 17 hours yesterday. My ear seems to be draining lots of fluid now but not blood. Still have fever on and off, as high as 39.5 degrees
I really hope you feel better soon. It's so rubbish

Huge sympathy to you Numerodos! The pain is horrific isn’t it? I was the same with paracetamol and ibuprofen not touching but I don’t think codeine helped either.
Everything crossed that we both turn a corner very very soon!