my husband has his ears guaged for over a year at 1 ". they got infected and swollen. he had to take out jewlery ( silicone tunnel) the area at the back bottom of lobe turned blackish.. i assume dried blood. and that blood keeps comming off like a scab. his lymphnode is swollen and he says his ear and lymph node and jaw just by his ear hurts. hes visiting me in canada from the us and WONT go to the dr. i know nothing about peircing i need to know if i should force him to go to the hospital or wait it out like he says. it looks... yucky and smells worse ! ! ! !
Answer:
It is infected and he needs medical attention.
As the first answer stated, it is possible to have to amputate part of the ear or even worse his infection goes septic (infection in the blood stream than can be fatal).
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This happened to my friend. He waited, and it got to be very bad. Big infection.. they had to take part of his ear off because of how bad it got.
So I think you need to force your husband to go. He needs to take a pain reliever, and drink plenty of water. But you really do need to take him to the doctor. Asap.
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