This swollen and uncomfortable looking ear is from a staph infection of unknown origin. Ultimately it resulted in a week of hospitalization while on three simultaneous antibiotics to kill off the very serious infection. A thing to remember about stretched lobes is that they can act like “the canary in the mine shaft” for a lot of people &mdash if you’re getting a cold, your ears may get a little irritated first, and so on. Or in this case, be the rupture point for an infection (hopefully moddoctor will pop in and comment with something less medically amateur).
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292 responses to “Ear Agony”
scabboy: ALL staphylococcus can be transmitted hand to hand. It’s a VERY common bacteria found pretty much everywhere on the human body (your skin is covered in it right now)…that’s why they wipe your arm with alcohol before they stick you with a needle – it’s not because the needle is dirty, it’s to prevent what’s ON your arm from getting INTO your arm. and you can’t tell why type of staph it is just by looking at the infection (or even looking at the cocci under a microscope) – it has to be cultured and then tested for sensitivity.
scabboy: ALL staphylococcus can be transmitted hand to hand. It’s a VERY common bacteria found pretty much everywhere on the human body (your skin is covered in it right now)…that’s why they wipe your arm with alcohol before they stick you with a needle – it’s not because the needle is dirty, it’s to prevent what’s ON your arm from getting INTO your arm. and you can’t tell why type of staph it is just by looking at the infection (or even looking at the cocci under a microscope) – it has to be cultured and then tested for sensitivity.
Oh wow… I hope he’s OK?
Oh wow… I hope he’s OK?
Oh wow… I hope he’s OK?
Oh wow… I hope he’s OK?
I’ll never eat breakfast links again.
I’ll never eat breakfast links again.
I’ll never eat breakfast links again.
I’ll never eat breakfast links again.
Just happened to me, to a lesser extent, conch piercing 12ga. hurts like hell. Glad I caught it early though!
Just happened to me, to a lesser extent, conch piercing 12ga. hurts like hell. Glad I caught it early though!
Just happened to me, to a lesser extent, conch piercing 12ga. hurts like hell. Glad I caught it early though!
Just happened to me, to a lesser extent, conch piercing 12ga. hurts like hell. Glad I caught it early though!
Damn im glad thats not me id probably cry if that happened to me
Damn im glad thats not me id probably cry if that happened to me
Damn im glad thats not me id probably cry if that happened to me
Damn im glad thats not me id probably cry if that happened to me
i wanna squeez it
i wanna squeez it
i wanna squeez it
i wanna squeez it
Ugh, I had cellulitis in my Achilles tendon, and that was terrible and scarry enough! I don’t even want to imagine it in my face! I hope this poor guy heals okay…
Ugh, I had cellulitis in my Achilles tendon, and that was terrible and scarry enough! I don’t even want to imagine it in my face! I hope this poor guy heals okay…
Ugh, I had cellulitis in my Achilles tendon, and that was terrible and scarry enough! I don’t even want to imagine it in my face! I hope this poor guy heals okay…
Ugh, I had cellulitis in my Achilles tendon, and that was terrible and scarry enough! I don’t even want to imagine it in my face! I hope this poor guy heals okay…
It’s cute how some people are saying it’s because he gauged his ear. This could have happened to your ear even without gauging. Just by a simple 18 gauge pierce.
It’s cute how some people are saying it’s because he gauged his ear. This could have happened to your ear even without gauging. Just by a simple 18 gauge pierce.
It’s cute how some people are saying it’s because he gauged his ear. This could have happened to your ear even without gauging. Just by a simple 18 gauge pierce.
It’s cute how some people are saying it’s because he gauged his ear. This could have happened to your ear even without gauging. Just by a simple 18 gauge pierce.
This looks absolutely awful and quite painful. I hope he’s able to get it fixed and healed up. Might require plastic surgery…poor guy.
This looks absolutely awful and quite painful. I hope he’s able to get it fixed and healed up. Might require plastic surgery…poor guy.
This looks absolutely awful and quite painful. I hope he’s able to get it fixed and healed up. Might require plastic surgery…poor guy.
This looks absolutely awful and quite painful. I hope he’s able to get it fixed and healed up. Might require plastic surgery…poor guy.
I’m alive… Didn’t die… Had a friend I worked with at the time cut the excess off and sewed me closed. my ears now don’t look that weird or scarred, unless I state that they were cut way down from a larger size.. this happened from over cleaning, was hospitalized for 2 weeks and was on 6 antibiotics at the same time at one point because they didn’t know what the infection actually was…
I’m alive… Didn’t die… Had a friend I worked with at the time cut the excess off and sewed me closed. my ears now don’t look that weird or scarred, unless I state that they were cut way down from a larger size.. this happened from over cleaning, was hospitalized for 2 weeks and was on 6 antibiotics at the same time at one point because they didn’t know what the infection actually was…
I’m alive… Didn’t die… Had a friend I worked with at the time cut the excess off and sewed me closed. my ears now don’t look that weird or scarred, unless I state that they were cut way down from a larger size.. this happened from over cleaning, was hospitalized for 2 weeks and was on 6 antibiotics at the same time at one point because they didn’t know what the infection actually was…
I’m alive… Didn’t die… Had a friend I worked with at the time cut the excess off and sewed me closed. my ears now don’t look that weird or scarred, unless I state that they were cut way down from a larger size.. this happened from over cleaning, was hospitalized for 2 weeks and was on 6 antibiotics at the same time at one point because they didn’t know what the infection actually was…
I’ve been at 1 inch for two years. No change in the jewelry I’m using and I woke up this morning to my right love swollen, red and painful.
I’ve been at 1 inch for two years. No change in the jewelry I’m using and I woke up this morning to my right love swollen, red and painful.
I’ve been at 1 inch for two years. No change in the jewelry I’m using and I woke up this morning to my right love swollen, red and painful.
I’ve been at 1 inch for two years. No change in the jewelry I’m using and I woke up this morning to my right love swollen, red and painful.