 [ Symptoms ] cleaning ear with qtip and now i am bleeding i was cleaning my ear with a qtip and accidently hit it in further than i should of i experienced a great deal of pain and within 2 minutes noticed blood inside of it it still hurts now how long should i wait until i see my doctor [ Disease ] bronchitis is not contagious you cannot transmit bronchitis to someone else but the pathogens viruses bacteria fungus etc that are capable of causing bronchitis can be transmitted to others but exposure to these pathogens does not mean that the exposed person will contract bronchitis they may only get a simple cold or nothing at all you are on an antibiotic that may or may not help bronchitis since it is just a clinical guess that the cause is bacterial