Laceration repair is the act of cleaning, preparing, and closing the wound. Minor lacerations (shallow, small, not bleeding, and clean) may not require medical attention. Antibiotic ointment and a bandage may be all that is needed. However, most lacerations do require repair.
Symptoms of ear infections usually include earaches or throbbing pain, sometimes a fever, and signs of inflammation near the ears like redness or fluid leaking out. Although antibiotics are assumed to be the treatment of choice for ear infections, you might want to reconsider this approach.
Ear canals are very sensitive, so the symptoms of infection are often clear, including: 1  head shaking. 2  odors. 3  scaly skin.  whining and pawing at the affected 1  ear. dark, smelly discharge.  redness and 1  swelling. itchiness.