What can make blood flow out of the ears?
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What can make blood flow out of the ears?
Ear bleeding after a hit or blow to the head could be from bleeding in the brain. This is a medical emergency because there is a risk of brain damage. Go to an emergency room or call 911 right away. A severe head injury can cause a headache and these other symptoms:
Loss of consciousness for a few seconds to a few minutes
Feeling dazed, confused, or disoriented
Nausea or vomiting
Feeling tired or sleepy
Difficulty speaking
Trouble sleeping, or sleeping more than usual
Dizziness or loss of balance
The cause depends on what else is going on. In the absence of fever or pain this usually means irritation of the ear canal or local infection in the ear canal, known as otitis externa or swimmer’s ear. Could be a pimple in the canal has opened. I saw this frequently in office practice. With otitis media, middle ear infection, the eardrum can rupture and leak some blood and fluid. This will usually be accompanied by fever and the release of the pressure will relieve the pain. This is also pretty common. Following trauma a laceration of the ear canal or basal skull fracture with rupture of the ear drum can bleed. The trauma should be obvious, this is the pool-cue-to- the-side-of-the-head phenomenon or rollover auto collision. Try not to do this, it hurts. A physician can usually figure this out pretty easily.