ear infection

for the past month i have had a terrible cough and this week i got a ear infection so i went to the doc i told him that i couldn't hear out of the ear and he just told me to take some ear drops and amoxocilan so later that night i toke the amoxocilan i tryed to put the ear drops in but it wouldn't go in all the way so i drained it out two min. later i try cleaning my ear out with a Q- tip to see there was anything blocking the ear drops from going i didn't get any thing so i waited after three min i put the ear drops back in and then i felt a stabing pain so tryed to drain it out but blood started to come out. i told my gradmother about this and she told me my ear is just infected and it's eritated. also i have been hearing this kind of static soud in my ear. what should i do

[National Jewish Health]

You should definitely have your ear reexamined, either by your doctor, if you still trust his diagnostic skills, or preferably examined by an ENT specialist.  This reexamination should be performed without delay for, if there is pus or blood behind the ear drum, it may have to be drained.  If it remains undrained and/or unresponsive to the amoxicillin there is the possibility that it could result in some permanent loss of hearing.

You could have accidently traumatized your ear with the Q-tip but it is more likely that the blood is due to your ear infection.  Unless your ear canal is blocked, the loss of hearing is an indication of fluid and/or pus or even blood in your middle ear, behind your ear drum.  If pus, it would be important to make sure that it has been caused by a bacterium that is sensitive to the antibiotic.  It would be wise to have this taken care of, without any further delay.

Good luck.