Resolved Question: Woke up with blood in my ear… is it an ear infection?
I’m visiting my grandmother who has a pool, and I’ve noticed that when I go into the deep end (to the bottom) to get toys for my cousins my ear really hurts. I know its pressure but I’ve never really had that problem before. This pool is only 9 ft deep at its deepest.
So yesterday I felt like my ear needed to pop or like it had something in it. And to add the the odd feeling every time I burped (which I don’t normally do often), my ear really hurt and kinda popped. I felt like my ear was plugged most of the day and read online that placing a warm cloth over my ear might make it feel better. So I put one over my ear just before I went to bed.
This morning I woke up and my ear felt fine until I sat up. I felt like the was fluid in my ear so i got a Q-tip and gently cleaned the outer part of my ear canal (not in it just a little bit so as not to irritate it). There was blood on the Q-tip and when looking in the mirror, dried blood on my ear and a little bit on my pillow.
As I said I’m not currently at home so I can’t see my doctor right now… I don’t go home for another week. I am worried because when I was little I used to get ear infections once a year but I haven’t since I was about 8 and I’m now in my mid teens. If possible I need to know if I’m actually sick asap because there is a family party tomorrow and there will be lots of little kids there that i don’t want to pass this onto.
Also my nose is sometimes runny and I don’t have a fever.
if you could help that would be greatly appreciated!