Got earholed in wrestling practice, hole in my eardrum.?
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I had that happen and the med tech packed it with gauze until I was able to get into the doctor. They told me NOT to introduce anything into it - no peroxide or anything but wait to be seen. The specialist told me that the secretions in your ears naturally kill bacteria and you don;t want to mess with throwing off the balance by killing it with alcohol or peroxide.\n\nI remember it hurt like the dickens...I had a concussion on top of it and vertigo...hope you have some good pain killers and a soft heating pad! Be well!
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Sounds like your cold got "in your ear".  Glad you are seeing the doctor.  You may need antibiotics to clear this up.  If left untreated, it could potentially effect your hearing.  Sounds like you caught it in time.  (No pun intended).  ; )
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It is an injury of the outer ear caused by repeated injury and the development of scar tissue. It is called cauliflower ear because the deformed shape of the ear resembles the shape of a head of cauliflower.\nWrestlers often suffer the injury from wrestling without wearing protective headgear.
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I burst my eardrum and even when i was told that it was healed, everytime i swam my ear started aching, rather not swim to prevent further damages! If you must then get ear plugs or something that will prevent water splashing into your ear, don't go underwater.
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It is a ear infection. Don't worry though. Go to the doctors and tell them what you said here. I get them all the time. They suck and can be pain-full but if you see your doctor they can give you pain reviler it will go away and you wont have to worry about it anymore. \nGood luck
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You might need to see an ENT doctor. That is an ear nose throat specialist. If you wait, you might have an eardrum burst.
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JESUS CHRIST.....GO SEE A DIFFERENT DOCTOR....AND AFTER THAT...IF THE DOCTOR DOESNT HELP...FOR GOD SKAKES I DONT KNOW....BUT SWOLLEN VOCAL CHORDS FOR 4 MONTHS HAS TO BE BAD!!
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What? hahaha.. NO. It may cause your eardrum to be irritated, but it cannot in any way cause brain damage. Please slap whoever told you that!
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Yes, the obvious solution is to see a doctor. I trust my doctor much more than I do these people on here. Most have little or no medical training.  I hope you recover soon and with as little pain as possible.\n\nTerry
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probably have a ear infection, see a dr. or ear, throat, and nose speciallist
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In my case is pierce my ear. It healed like in 2 weeks. You can´t see the hole anymore. \n\nBut it depends of which part of your body you pierce. You should contact a Doctor.
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Gonna have to go to the doc for this one, Hon.  It could be a couple of things.  Maybe, an inner ear infection.  And you would need antibiotics.
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If you were to break your ear drum because of an infection or explosion, you could expect 6 months for it to repair.\n\nThe tiny holes used for an tympancotomy should repair readily.  You don't say how you know a hole remains in the membrane, but it should repair within a month or two.  \n\nThe problems with your ear more than likely have to do with the eustachian tube dysfunction rather than the holes in your tympanic membrane.  \n\nYours is a complicated problem well beyond the scope of Yahoo! answers.  Continue to work with your ENT to arrive at a solution.  Good luck.
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If your eardrum is ruptured, there is no reason you can't fly.  The problem comes with a clogged eustacian tube (tube between the nose and the ears) the changes in air pressure with flying can cause some people problems.  Once the tympanic membrane is ruptured these changes can't do anything to the ear.
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If you are as fortunate as I was when this problem occurred, you will not suffer from hearing loss.  I sought medical advice due to fairly substantial pain when the eardrum ruptured.  The doctor reassured me that the damage would heal on it's own and that there really was no treatment normally used for this situation.  He was correct; it healed.  It took several weeks before it felt quite normal, but the problem did resolve itself.\n\nI wish you the best of luck.
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I've had it all sweetheart! NOO FUN! It must stink to not be able to here. I don't really know how long it took me to get my hearing back. I don't know if I have lost all my hearing from this. But then again I am deaf and wear hearing aids! POOR YOU!! Hope you get feeling better fast!
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Well, the best thing you can do is learn to equalize the pressure in your ears.  Scuba divers generally do this when they descend on dives.  I learned to do it before I had my ears operated on.  Both of my eardrums were perforated- one healed itself and the other didn't- I needed to have it reconstructed with shark cartiledge.  Hope that helps.