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Suggest Treatment For Recurrent Painful Ear Infections
My 3 year old daughter has a history of ear infections. When she was a year old she had tubs put in. The last 6months she s been complaining a little about them hurting again. Took her to the drs a few times they always to much wax to really see aside from my daughter moving around and that they are infected. She just got off a ten day antibiotic and she says they still hurt I looked in her ear today and I see like a white pocket/patch or something what could it be?
Fri, 2 Jan 2015
Hi...I feel this could be a boil at the external ear canal and this cannot be treated as ear infection (which for all practical purposes means middle ear infection). This seems to be otitis extrerna or a pus collection and infection under the skin of the ear canal. It needs only local antibiotic like Mupirocin ointment.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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