I stabbed my right ear with a Q-tip

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How is the pain?

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Can you go to an urgent care, like today, and have them look in your ear Daniel?

If you have an infection, that can be quite painful, but a little drop of antibiotic medicine or other topical treatment can be quite effective, both for healing and for pain.

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What SK said. If you have an infection, it isn't a good idea to wait a week.

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No, I can't go anywhere today. I assure you I'm doing everything I can.

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I don't think it's an infection. I think it's trauma.

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I think it's trauma.

If you have trauma, for example, the surface of your ear drum is damaged (scrapped, for example), or part of your outer ear canal has a scrap or a scratch, that can lead to an infection.

Hopefully you can go to an urgent care place tomorrow then? There should be places open in the evening as well?

Good luck!

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Thanks!

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OUCH! I hope this turns out ok for you Daniel.

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Thanks, Mark.

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Finally, a have an appointment in the morning.

SK, the reason I didn't go to urgent care is because they dont give recommendations my insurance takes. I asked the Dr in the ER about antibiotics and he said no. It seemed like a good precautionary measure to me.

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they dont give recommendations my insurance takes.

I'm sorry! Health care in this country is so messed up.

Glad you have an appt tomorrow!

How is it, do you still have pain?

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