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Popping Cyst in the Ear Lobe

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A cyst in the ear lobe is opened and drained in this short procedural video. The recording shows the small incision and expression of the cyst contents in an ear, nose, and throat context. It is shared as a clinical example for students interested in minor procedures of the external ear.

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A clinic visit shows drainage of an infected cyst in a patient's earlobe, recorded through natural conversation during the procedure. The clinician numbs the area, makes an incision with drainage, and then discusses an antibiotic injection, oral antibiotics, warm soaks and a next-day recheck as presented in the video.

Key points

  • The clinician asks about the history and symptoms of the earlobe swelling
  • A numbing injection is given before the incision
  • The incision releases a large amount of drainage from the cyst
  • An antibiotic injection and oral antibiotics are discussed
  • Warm soaks and a next-day recheck are discussed at the end
Chapters
  • 0:15 — Patient history and presentation
  • 0:53 — Numbing injection preparation
  • 1:30 — Incision and drainage begins
  • 3:57 — Antibiotics and follow-up plan

Video Transcript

A clinic visit to drain an infected cyst in a patient's earlobe. The audio is the natural conversation of the procedure — numbing injection, the incision, a large amount of pus draining, an antibiotic injection and prescription, and instructions to use warm soaks and return the next day for a recheck.

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This has been going like this for how many days? Four or five days. Alright. Looks like it hurts quite a bit doesn't it? No. Now you didn't have any earring or anything that went in there? No sir. Okay. So just kind of... You mess with a little bit trying to get it to drain. It's gonna work out of worse, right? Alright. Our videographer today is Mrs. Jenny. You alright? I'm fine. Alright. And she's gonna practice the moon spray and the gold spray. I'm gonna get this tiny shot now, okay?

Alright. We're ready.

I'm gonna put my finger down. Little stick. Okay. And you're gonna burn. Okay? How was that? That hurt a lot? Not really. Just a little bit. Can you see okay there, Mrs. Jenny? Yes. Alright. We're gonna make a little stick on this. You ready? A whole bunch of pus is coming out right now. You see that? How you feeling? I'm all right. A whole bunch of pus coming out of there. That was in your ear. How's your pain? You okay? Yeah, I'm all right. You're all right, honey.

You're all right. That hurt a little bit? Yeah. Okay. Deep breath. Just a little bit more. We've gotten a whole bunch out of there. It's hurting a whole bunch and you want me to stop for a second. You tell me, okay? With this kind of injection, we couldn't use any epinephrine because you can't use epinephrine on the ears. Deep breath. It's amazing getting rid of the pus and just pumping out of it. That had to hurt, man. We're going to give you a shot of antibiotics in the butt, okay?

And we're going to put you on some antibiotics by now. You okay? Easy, easy. I know. Faking it slow. We're just about done, okay? Okay, we're done. That's much smaller. What you're going to do tonight, you're going to do some warm soaks on this, okay? And then you're going to come back tomorrow and we're going to recheck it for you, okay? You were a trooper, man. You're going to have quite a hang in there. We're done for now.

Transcript auto-generated from the video’s audio for accessibility and study. Educational content only — not medical advice.

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