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My ears are extremely hot and very icthy i have cleaned them with qtips till they came clean what can be wrong with my ears?

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Dr. Louis Gallia answered

Specializes in Surgery - Oral & Maxillofacial

External otitis: Sounds like "swimmers ear" which usually caused by Q-tip use. Get ear drops from pharmacist. Consider seeing an ENT doc.

Answered 3/14/2015

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