 [ Symptoms ] back pain exercises [ Disease ] a tiny amount of blood would not be a cause for alarm the skin lining of the ear canal is rich in blood supply so you most likely irritated it when you used the q tip it is best to never use q tips inside the ear canal one of reasons water had a difficult time coming out of ears is because you do not have a adequate protective coating of ear wax when water meets a waxy surface it will just bead up and fall out by gravity but if you do not have a waxy surface the water will remain