The auricle is injured quite often. Accordingly, the external auditory canal may also be affected, and sometimes the eardrum. Even with a small scratch, especially inside the ear, you should not delay your visit See a doctor, otherwise there will be a risk of developing an inflammatory process.
Symptoms of ear damage
Injuries to the outer ear are noticeably different because they can be caused by different reasons:
- Wound. These are wounds, cuts, bites of varying severity. Possible bleeding from an open wound or from the ear, accumulation blood clots in the ear canal, damage to the auricle and even a broken ear.
- Blow. Trauma with a blunt object may not leave an open wound, but with a bruise, hematoma, swelling, and deformation of cartilage tissue often appear.
- Burn. Redness of the tissues of the outer ear, peeling of the skin, blisters, and in case of a severe burn - charring of the edges.
- Frostbite. Initially, the ears become very pale, almost white, and then become very red.
In general, pain and hearing impairment are observed with any ear injury concha , middle or inner ear. For example, barotrauma, which occurs due to a sharp change in external and internal pressure in the cavities of the auditory organs. This can happen during a sudden dive into water or when the plane climbs to altitude. External symptoms include blood from the ear, and a person may also feel severe pain and congestion. In the latter case, the state complicated by dizziness, tinnitus, nausea, loss of coordination.
