Question:
Anonymous client, hello doctor!
I just got my ears pierced a few weeks ago, but in the past few days I accidentally touched or turned the earring out of habit and noticed signs of swelling and pain in my ear. After that, I cleaned it thoroughly, but because I went out to eat with friends without abstaining, the piercing hole became swollen and showed signs of pus. Doctor, can you tell me if pus is leaking from a pierced ear, is it okay or is there an effective way to treat it? Thank you, doctor.
Answer:
Hello, regarding the question of whether it is okay if the ear is leaking pus after piercing ? We will answer as follows:
Causes of pus after ear piercing
There are many different causes of pus in your ear, specifically:
- Piercing at facilities that are not reputable, of poor quality and especially do not ensure hygiene conditions for piercing tools. This can easily cause your ears to become inflamed and infected.
- Performing ear piercing at home and being exposed to other factors such as the environment, hands, piercing tools, etc., can also cause pus in the ear.
- After piercing, wearing poor quality earrings made from poor materials can cause skin irritation, making the ear canal susceptible to inflammation and pus.
- The cleaning process after ear piercing is not safe, causing the ear to fester.
- Or have the habit of touching the piercing with your hands, causing harmful bacteria to enter the ear and cause infection.
- Wearing earrings that are too tight can also cause ear discharge.
How to fix ear pus simply and effectively
So what should you do after getting your ears pierced? If you find your ears are swollen and leaking pus, we recommend that you can remedy this situation in the following simple ways:
Step 1: Keep the earring in place
- People often remove their earrings when they notice signs of swelling and pus in their wounds, but this action will make your wound worse. Therefore, we advise you to only remove your earrings when directed by a specialist.
- In addition, you should also limit touching your ears, rotating or twisting your earrings because it will only cause the wound to open further, which can make the wound more serious.
Step 2: Clean the pus around the ear
When your ear is pus-filled, you should pay attention to cleaning your earrings , so you should use a cotton swab or a soft cloth to gently wipe away the pus around the ear area. However, when wiping, you should change the cotton swab and cloth for both ears to avoid spreading bacteria from one ear to the other.
Step 3: Wash the wound with saline solution
Use cotton or sterile gauze soaked in saline and gently clean the piercing site, you should also pay attention not to rub or press hard. Clean 3 times a day to ensure the wound is always clean.
Step 4: Protect the wound until the piercing heals
You should limit the use of your hands to touch the wound, avoid holding the phone to your ear or sleeping on the side of the painful ear. If you are a woman, you should tie your hair up to avoid it rubbing against the wound.
In addition, when symptoms of severe pain appear, use a bandage soaked in warm water to apply to the wound to help reduce the pain. However, you should also pay attention not to use water that is too warm because if the temperature is too high, it will make you more painful.
If you have tried the above method but it is not effective and the condition is getting worse, you should go to a medical facility for a doctor to examine and check to give a timely solution. You can refer to some earring models of the Helios fashion brand.
The above article is information shared about ear piercing with pus discharge, hopefully through the information we share above can provide you with a lot of useful information to protect your healthy ears.
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