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Husband noticed some blood when he cleaned his ear he said his ear was hurting before he does get migrane head aches why did he have blood in his ear?

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Blood in ear: There is good chance that he used a paper clip or a qtip to clean his outer ear canal. In so doing, he traumatized the canal causing the bloody discharge.

Answered 2/5/2014

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