10 year bump on ear's fleshy part

[Jeo036]

I have had a bump on the fleshy part of my ear(the bump has alway been innerwards- not outerwords like a zit/pimple; as if half a BB gun BB had been inserted into the fleshy part of my ear).

3 days ago by touch I felt that it had grown into the real size of a BB gun BB ball. The day after was saddenning. The BB ball has dissapeared and left in it's place a swollen area that makes up well more than the area that is used to reside.

I do not know if this swollen area is a compressed juice from this now serious ball I took so unseriously or it is just an infection from it's rupture.

I do not have insurance and I already have many debts, and 2 of those debts are hopitals bill that are unpaid(pneumonia and stitches from a slightly major cut on my pinky finger).

My main question is should I seek medical help in my financial condition or can this phyhsical condition be treated through good eating, water, vitamins, deep breathing, and medatation, etc...

Please help.

P.S.- The swelling is stabalized but has not lowered throughout these 3 days. Pain is also stabalized in the fact the it has not increased not decreased as well. Unfrtuantely I must admit the the pain is felt ever so slightly down a very small portion of my back jaw where this has occured(right ear).

[Jeo036]

No medications no antibiotics. I have severe allergies to nickel this ear has been left alone for my whole life when it comes to anything. I just have my ear and this happened.

It never did pus although it got so big at one point I was certain it was inevetable.

My ear has been healing on its own every day since my first post so much that only now(today) I would say it is a dramatic improvement. I would say 75% less swollen since first post.

Spider bite? Ruptured cyst? Unknown infection? I don't know.

Still slightly swollen but no tenderness unless I press it forcefully. A Thick liquidity type feel.

Previous ball is sometimes there, sometimes not....

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi,

Have you taken any medications to reduce the swelling? Any antibiotics perhaps?
Has the medications helped reduce the swelling?
Do you have any allergies with cologne, metals, jewelry?
Do you have your ear pierced prior to the swelling?

The pain that you feel in your back and jawline seems to be referred pain from the swelling you have mentioned.

Does the swelling drain any discharge? If yes, what is the character?

This sounds like an infectious process that has not been clearly resolved .Certain skin infections ( boils) may present as reddish nodular lesions that are red and tender and may eventually drain pus.As a skin infection , this may be readily ruled out during a physical examination.

Have you consulted with a physician regarding this?

[Jeo036]

It was painful to the touch but that has stopped and the swelling has gone down greatly. Since the swelling has gone down I realized that the bump is still there but it is different than before, softer, as if flattened. For a while pain started to go down my a small part of my back jaw inline with my ear. A lymp node has since swollen on my back jaw as well. All of this is has occurred on the part of the ear where one usually gets pierced.

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi,

I have a few questions:

How large is this bump ( if you can measure by centimeters)?

Is this located in the outer ear where you can still reach it?

Is this painful to touch,reddish, with any discharge?

How is your hearing?

Any palpable mass in the body?

Any eye or discharge from the nose?

Any fever?

Any ringing or pulsating sound in the ear?

A bump in the ear may be caused by infections that may lead to swelling and pain.Yet an infectious cause seems unlikely in your case since this has been present for the past ten years.However, its recent increase in size may warrant further investigation. I suggest you seek consult with an otorhinolaryngologist (Eear Nose and Throat ) specialist for complete examination.

Best of luck!

Keep us posted if you have any doubts.