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When the ear canal or middle ear has tumors or polyps, bleeding will often occur. Vascular malformation that happens in the middle ear. Raptured eardrums can cause bleeding. Besides ear infections and trauma, eardrums can rupture due to very loud noise and barotrauma or sudden changes in altitude.
Fluid behind the eardrum is called serous otitis media. It can create pain and hearing difficulty similar to a middle ear infection. The eardrum can rupture (break) in severe cases of ear barotrauma, causing bleeding or leaking of fluid from the ear. A ruptured eardrum can result in hearing loss. In severe cases, it is possible for the pressure to create a leak between the deepest structures of the ear (the fluid-filled bony canals called the cochlea and semicircular canals) and the inner ear space.