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What Causes Pain In Left Ear?

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Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2014
Question: my daughter aged 3 is complaining of ear ache in left ear
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Answered by Dr. Prashant Mahajan (4 hours later)
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
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Welcome to the healthcaremagic
Earache in children in 95% of patients is because of outer or middle ear infection.Immediate treatment is giving painkiller like ibuprofen. It will decrease pain within one hour.Don't put ear drop/oil/water in ear.For ear infection she will need oral antibiotic which you can start today after consulting doctor
Happy to help you
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What Causes Pain In Left Ear?

Brief Answer: sure Detailed Answer: Hi Welcome to the healthcaremagic Earache in children in 95% of patients is because of outer or middle ear infection.Immediate treatment is giving painkiller like ibuprofen. It will decrease pain within one hour.Don't put ear drop/oil/water in ear.For ear infection she will need oral antibiotic which you can start today after consulting doctor Happy to help you Best regards