What is an ear infection with discharge?
If your ear has been oozing pus for several weeks, it’s important you get the right treatment. You may have an ear infection that could damage your hearing. We’ve brought together the best research about ear infection with discharge and weighed up the evidence about how to treat it. You can use our information to talk to your doctor and decide which treatments are best for you. If your ear has been leaking pus for several weeks, you may have a long-term (chronic) ear infection, which has made a hole in your eardrum. You can get a long-term ear infection if you have a short-term (acute) ear infection that doesn’t completely clear up.[1] The tube leading into your ear is called your ear canal. Stretched across the inner end of your ear canal is your eardrum. Your eardrum vibrates when sound waves reach it. Your brain turns sound waves into sounds that you can hear. Ear infections can make a hole in your eardrum. If you have an infection, you can get swelling and a build-up of fluid in yo
