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What Causes Pain And Pus Discharge After Tympanoplasty?
Dr. pappa has undergone surgery tympanoplasty in MARCH 2011 but still he is not relieved from pain and pus discharge. Surgeons prescribed Amoxicillin+clavulanate, no improvement, so then moved to cefixime + clavulante, no improvement, now they prescribed MAGNEX injection. Still pappa is having pain scaling 7-8. please tell us solution
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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if pain and discharge are still persisting then the antibiotic that has been prescribed is not working. please ask your doctor to get a culture and sensitivity testing of pus discharge. by this report you will know the exact antibiotic to be given..
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if pain and discharge are still persisting then the antibiotic that has been prescribed is not working. please ask your doctor to get a culture and sensitivity testing of pus discharge. by this report you will know the exact antibiotic to be given..
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