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Suggest Treatment For Greenish Yellow Ear Discharge

My 10 month old son had tubes placed in his ears February 1st, an now he is having constant drainage. He is constantly tugging on his ears now and cries more so now, than before. Is this normal? The drainage is white, with greenish yellow mixed in. It also smells. He has ha a temp up to 104 F, and has projectile vomited in the past few days.
Wed, 9 Mar 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain it seems that your son is suffering from chronic ear infection and Drainage seems to be due to infection..
Tugging of ears along with crying seems to be due to pain and discomfort in ears due to infection..
In case if there is high fever and vomiting then you should immediately consult a Paediatrician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like Blood tests can help in diagnosis and treatment can be done accordingly..
As of now you can give him Acetaminophen to relieve pain and fever..
The Physician can however advice you a course of antibiotics, anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen and fever reducer like Acetaminophen and also do surgical drainage of ears..
Antibiotic eardrops can also be advised..
Doing cool sponges over the extremities and forehead can help in fever reduction..
You should also give him.Oral Rehydration Solution to prevent dehydration that can be fatal in infants..
You should not delay and immediately consult a Paediatrician..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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Suggest Treatment For Greenish Yellow Ear Discharge

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain it seems that your son is suffering from chronic ear infection and Drainage seems to be due to infection.. Tugging of ears along with crying seems to be due to pain and discomfort in ears due to infection.. In case if there is high fever and vomiting then you should immediately consult a Paediatrician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like Blood tests can help in diagnosis and treatment can be done accordingly.. As of now you can give him Acetaminophen to relieve pain and fever.. The Physician can however advice you a course of antibiotics, anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen and fever reducer like Acetaminophen and also do surgical drainage of ears.. Antibiotic eardrops can also be advised.. Doing cool sponges over the extremities and forehead can help in fever reduction.. You should also give him.Oral Rehydration Solution to prevent dehydration that can be fatal in infants.. You should not delay and immediately consult a Paediatrician.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.