My son is a high school wrestler. He has wrestled 6-10 months out of the year growing up usually. Now he is basically year round. For the first time he is having some problems with his ear(s)- he doesn't want a wrestling "badge of honor" if he can help it. He thinks he needs it drained ASAP and wants my help. Not sure his pediatrician would know what to do. I will probably go to some type of doctor but not sure who. Any tips or thoughts? - for immediate treatment and prevention in the future???..... He also doesn't want to take a break from wrestling practices. He has a couple years of high school left and is pretty focused on success.
Cauliflower - Advice for my son?
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Wear head gear. If it were my boy, I’d go to an ENT or plastic surgeon. I am no expert.
general practitioners can usually get it drained for you
My son wears headgear during every single practice, off-season tournament, and training session.
Stick it with a SS nail, heat the nail up first to sterilize. Good luck
Heat the nail, freeze the ear. If you need to break the skin so nail goes in easier, use a pin first. Or go to a doctor. I'm sure any of them can do it.
Cotton balls, rubbing alcohol, syringe & needle. It's actually pretty simple to do it yourself.
Great for Cauliflower ear, good for most other medical problems humans encounter as well.
Not much that you can't solve by heating up a nail and sticking yourself in the afflicted area.
We like tough medicine.
Depending where you live, and how popular wrestling is in that area? Will greatly determine who to see. When I got Cauliflower ear when I was in 10th grade. Here where I live, no one seemed to have a clue what to do. No internet back in 82, so my parents took me to lord knows who? They cut through the back of my ear and started pulling out pieces!!!
To this day, if I poke the back of my ear in that spot, it still hurts?!?!?! So in any case, I would go to a doctor. Try and ask around for someone who is knowledgable. Again if you are in a "wrestling area" you may get lucky. If not, search the internet and make calls.
Like some have said, have the kid wear Headgear all the time! I had to switch to the CK style that most NCAA guys wear for a year. GOOD LUCK let us know how it turns out?
To this day, if I poke the back of my ear in that spot, it still hurts?!?!?! So in any case, I would go to a doctor. Try and ask around for someone who is knowledgable. Again if you are in a "wrestling area" you may get lucky. If not, search the internet and make calls.
Like some have said, have the kid wear Headgear all the time! I had to switch to the CK style that most NCAA guys wear for a year. GOOD LUCK let us know how it turns out?
Tell him to keep the cauliflower ear and never have to worry at a Midwest bar the rest of his life.
If he doesn't want a badge of honor, he'd be better off staying at a Holiday Inn Express than following advice gleaned here. There's a reason doctors are required to go to medical school and their participation in wrestling is optional. Even if you GP has no experience with it, they will be able to refer you to someone better equipped than some dude with a sterilized nail.
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