Hair or Some Object Stuck in Ear Drum

[Thuan]

I have either a hair or some needle like thing stuck in the ear drum. I have a lot of mosquitoes lately biting me and was wondering if anyone knows if the mosquito needle point can come off?

I've tried using some very fine eye brow trimmer to pull it out but I keep missing. I can hear the trimmer touching. It's sounds like a card board box being tapped. However, it doesn't budge at all!

I stopped trying to fish it out since I think it might get worse if I accidentally push it in more.

I'm going to my general practitioner this evening and see what can be done but in the mean time what do you guys think?

 

[linearb]

I think you're smart to keep your tweezers out of there until your doctor can see it.

I'd be sorta shocked if it was a mosquito stinger, I don't think those are strong enough to hold up to mechanical poking with tweezers, but I studied computers and not insects so don't quote me on that.

Very strange but probably more inconvenient than serious; definitely let us know what the doctor says! ENTs definitely have tools that would make extracting something like that pretty easy; I don't know about a GPs office, but, seems like you just need a scope and tiny tweezers that can work around it, which are things I have in my bathroom so I hope your GP does!

 

[Kendra]

Looks like hair to me but more like beard hair since it looks so thick. Hopefully it's an easy fix!

 

[Digital Doc]

Looks like a hair, maybe from a hair cut. Will need to be removed by visualizing it with an otoscope. Blindly trying to grab it will risk perforation of the eardrum, so totally a bad idea.