Can a Bobby Pin Be Lost In the Ear?? Posted: 03-07-04 20:40pm
My mother contacted me today and said that
she is afraid that she has lost a hair pin
"bobby pin" in her ear.
She has been to the doctor and told that
they saw a blood clot on her eardrum and
that it should heal with time. But she is
convinced that while cleaning her ear with
a bobby pin a few days ago that she left
the pin in her ear whil reaching for a
cotton swab.
She believes that she might have pushed
the pin through her eardrum with the swab
and that the blood clot is trailing edge
of the pin..
I would not believe that this is possible,
but I have seen stranger things in my
life, so my question is : is it possible
to have a bobby pin stuck through your
eardrum to the point that it is almost
fully behind the eardrum itself?? And if
it is possible, what is the resulting
symptoms and treatment??
Someone please respond to this so my
mother can rest at night..
Thanks
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 03-09-04 00:10am
If she had a bobby pin stuck in her ear
that far I would think that she would have
a lot more pain than you are describing!
There would have been an awfull sharp pain
to push in it that far and she would have
known what had happened when it happened.
If she had just left it in there, it
would have fallen out because it takes a
lot of force to get something behind your
ear drum. So basically it's possible to
get a bobby pin that far into your ear,
but you would know it right when it
happened, not a few days later. It is
possible, however, that when you clean
your ear you can do it too harshly which
may be the cause of the blod clot, but I
would assure her that it's not the bobby
pin.
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 03-10-04 09:11am
Yeah I agree with the above post. If she
shoved a bobby pin he whole way in her
ear, she would have bled like crazy and
had undescribable pain. It probably fell
out and she didn't realize it.
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