December 23, 2002, 23:10
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Weird lump on ear lobe... better see a doctor
I had a small wierd lump for quite some time now on my earlobe. Sometimes it would get all ... touch sensitive but it wouldn't last.
And then suddenly, today I noticed it got huge, and very touch sensitive and quite heavy too.
I have no idea what is it, but it feels definitly like a pea that is trapped inside my ear lobe.
I'm trying to soothe it with anti-hestamines hoping it's a nasty reacting to a bite (mosquitos? in winter? let's hope so).
Could be just a benevolent lump.
What doctor do I see for this?
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December 23, 2002, 23:11
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A coroner? 
just kidding... probably a general practitioner to start. He/she might refer you to a dermatologist.
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December 23, 2002, 23:17
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My doctor is rather... not smart and weary of doing too much.
I think I'll go directly to the dermatologist.
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December 23, 2002, 23:21
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Ack
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December 23, 2002, 23:30
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Had your ear pierced before?
Or an ingrown hair.
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December 23, 2002, 23:39
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never had an ear pierced.
ingrown hairs behave differently. i know.
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December 23, 2002, 23:43
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I had a wart on my left earlobe. It made my ear numb and all.
I hear Duct Tape fixes warts. (No joke). 
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December 23, 2002, 23:44
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Have you had one there before?
I've got a scar on my leg that I had a doctor look at. He said that it used to be an ingrown hair that became infected and the scar tissue is a result of white blood cells fighting the infection.
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December 23, 2002, 23:44
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Originally posted by Thrawn05
I had a wart on my left earlobe. It made my ear numb and all.
I hear Duct Tape fixes warts. (No joke).
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Yes, it could be a seed wart also.
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December 23, 2002, 23:45
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I have in-grown haris on my elbows... just like my old man ( ). Nasty things, eveyone thinks I have black heads there, which I don't.
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December 23, 2002, 23:48
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Originally posted by Tuberski
Yes, it could be a seed wart also.
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It's a pain, I had to buy some special wart fillier from CVS, and every night soke it in warm water and then shave it down for a few minutes. This took about 3 weeks. I wish I knew about the Duct Tape back then. 
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December 24, 2002, 00:06
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I have in-grown haris on my elbows...
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me too  on re occuring in-grown hair on my lip which is damn annoying.
which is why i know that the thing on my ear has to be something else. it's like a whole pea trapped in an ear lobe!
explain how do you recognize a wart (is the skin tough?) and what's the duct tape method?
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December 24, 2002, 00:11
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It is almost certainly a benign mass. They are very common in earlobes (I have one). It will probably spew some clear fluid and then shrink back down again. Go see a doctor if you want, but I wouldn't worry too much about it in any event.
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December 24, 2002, 00:17
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I had it too. I just squeezed really hard until it went away. You may experience great pain while doing this, but you don't have to worry about it afterwards.
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December 24, 2002, 04:05
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I've had this happen once or twice. I "popped" them ... they drained and went away. Some sort of pimple on the ear is what I've been told.
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December 24, 2002, 04:38
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I's some kind of infected hair sack (No idea, how to explain this is english ) ,where skin has grown over.
It's nothing to worry about, but sometimes they can get quite big. I had one cut away a couple of weeks ago, takes about 10 min (local anasthetic).
Most people have at least one or two
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December 24, 2002, 07:15
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For warts, there's another do-it-yourself treatment.
Buy a refill can for butane cigarette lighters, and use a jet of butane to freeze the wart. Warts can't survive intense cold as well as normal flesh can.
An earlobe is an odd place for a wart though. You have a girfriend who fondles your ears, Ferengi-style?
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December 24, 2002, 07:24
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It could be an alien parastic organism which is about to take over the world.
Or it could be a cyst
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December 24, 2002, 07:30
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What the hell in an ingrown hair?
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December 24, 2002, 08:23
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It could be a blocked lymph node - it'll go away if you squeeze it.
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December 24, 2002, 08:35
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Nice to have known you siro...
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December 24, 2002, 09:55
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TAZ is right, but they usally don't go away by themselves. After a while , they will return.
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December 24, 2002, 16:42
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You have a girfriend who fondles your ears, Ferengi-style?
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ROFLMAO 
And I don't even know what that suggests.
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December 24, 2002, 16:43
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PAIKTIS - that's mean!
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December 24, 2002, 17:38
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Not to worry. That "weird lump", is just your head.
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December 24, 2002, 17:39
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I had that exact thing happen and assumed it was some nasty cyst. I kept piercing my lobe all the way through with a needle hoping to pop it but there was evidently nothing concentrated there
It eventually went away for me. Obviously if it breaks through the skin as a white bubble you'll know to get antibiotics
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December 24, 2002, 17:46
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Can you get syph on your ears?
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December 24, 2002, 17:54
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December 24, 2002, 19:21
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Waaaaiiit a second! Siro's a teenager, right? 
What's on your earlobe, Siro, is what's thechnically known as a "spot" or "pimple" caused by the acne bacteria. You know how some spots are buried deeper in the skin and are almost impossible to squeeze? Well, all spots on your earlobe are like this, and just like deep-buried facial acne spots they can sometimes be small and painless, sometimes larger, more irritated and with more pus inside making it harder.
I had at least one really irritating one in my teens, and dozens of small ones.
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December 24, 2002, 21:58
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ive had one of these mofos for years, too small to be noticed by anyone else, but too big for me to ignore. its a little smaller than a pea, though. glad to know its just a little zit...a little ****in pimple that wont go away...goddamn acne...
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