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Perforated eardrum
Perforated eardrum is a tear in the ear drum. This can occur due to trauma, pressure trauma (a blast of air or water into the ear canal), or from an ear infection. Patients with a perforated eardrum may have reduced hearing and pain in the affected ear.
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Baby 0-2 | Very common | ||||
Toddler 3-5 | Very common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Common | ||||
Senior 60+ | Common |
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Is a perforated eardrum painful g?
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What's done for a perforated eardrum?
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How dangerous is a perforated eardrum?
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Can you sing with a perforated eardrum ?
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Toddler with perforated eardrum, what is the proper treatment?
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What are the symptoms of perforated eardrums?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can I go swimming with a perforated eardrum?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Will blowing my nose worsen my perforated eardrum?
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A 40-year old asked:
Does wearing earplugs help heal a perforated eardrum?
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A 30-year old asked:
Is it possible to use the neti pot if I have a perforated eardrum?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Sometimes I feel sharp pain in my perforated eardrum, why does it happen?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have a perforated eardrum and the hole is quite big, will I lose my hearing?
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A 19-year old female asked:
How can I know if my perforated eardrum is healing, not getting worse? (Assuming I just want to self-check)
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A 19-year old female asked:
The perforated eardrum was bleeding, I have muffled hearing. It feels kind of itchy yet doesn't hurt. Is it a good or bad thing?
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A 31-year old asked:
Should i go to the hospital for a perforated eardrum?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Is it true you can't have a Fistula Test done with a Perforated Eardrum? Why is that?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Have a perforated eardrum (over 50%injured 4 mos ago). Been infected(inner and outer) whole time. I now have bloody and BLACK discharge.colesteatoma?
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A 32-year old asked:
Do i have a perforated eardrum? Do you suddenly lose your hearing in that ear if perforated?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Bloody,black,drainage from a 50+% perforated eardrum. Unresponsive to any oral antibiotics. Recurring infection. Sign of cholesteatoma?
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A 19-year old female asked:
A month ago I had a perforated eardrum. Recently a doctor told me that there's no more hole. But when I blow my nose, that ear feels weird. Why?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I noticed some weird sound and movements coming from the left perforated eardrum that I suffered for a week already everytime I move my mandible. Why?
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A 42-year old asked:
i have no pain but can't hear normally now from left ear. could it be a perforated eardrum?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have a perforated eardrum. Lately there's some weird movements like something being stretched out in that ear. It happens when I move my jaw. Why?
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A female asked:
Can a toddler perforate eardrum from brother screaming loud into it? He didn't bleed or cry. He also has tubes in his ear. Just worried it was Loud.
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A female asked:
My 9 year old has 2 perforated eardrums, had a cold for approx 4 weeks. Lots of yellow discharge coming from both ears and he in lot pain?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Bunged up ear due to build up earwax, cannot syringe coz of prev. Perforated eardrum. Worried about altitude! Want to ease before flying pls advise?
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A 46-year old male asked:
Can I still swim train with cap and earplugs if i have a perforated eardrum from a middle ear infection?
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A 30-year old male asked:
My jaw pops when I open close it and eyes blurry and have pulsatile tinnitus with perforated eardrums and stiff neck eyes seem to be getting worse?
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A 21-year old asked:
how many days will it take for an ruptured eardrum due to a middle ear infection to form back and what are the advice for perforated eardrum?
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