Hello doctor in my left ear the water enters and it settled inside for a month and I uses cotton buds to clean it and it makes a pain when moving my jaw and hearing is also lesser in the ear and yesterday I once again uses the cotton buds it gives the reddish brown colour now I having the pain and lesser hearing and the water is inside my ear what to do next.

Dr. Manni HingoraniENT Specialist14yrs exp

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Water in ears can cause a fungal infection which can cause pain and reddish or whitish discharge from the ears. Antifungal ear drops or a combination ear drops can help. Clearance of debris in the ear may be required. Prevent water going in ears while bathing by using ear plugs or big, cotton balls which must be removed after bath.  

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Dr. Arunabha DasGeneral Physician3yrs exp

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Water can get sometime inside our ear during bathing or swimming. The fact is that we are all living beings and so mostly minimum amount of clean water inside the ear will be absorbed gradually due to body heat and other mechanisms. But if water is too cold or contaminated, than your middle part or inner part of ear canal will get inflamed and infected. This inflammation spreads rapidly towards tympanic membrane and causes pain on deglutination or jaw movement. Brownish coloured fluid has been seen once, which may be abrasive wound or chronic suppurative otitis media. So consult any ENT surgeon with digital x-ray of left ear immediately. Avoid any ear drops or oil inflitration in left ear. Avoid any hot fomentation without ENT doctor advice. Avoid aural toilet, if adviced in any private chamber as aural toilet is contraindicated in perforated tympanic membrane. Avoid cold contact as air conditioned room. Take care.  

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