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Help! what can be causing frequent ear infections?
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Allergy/Smoking/inf: Frequent ear infections can be due to enlarged adenoids, swollen/blocked eustacian tubes often caused by allergy and smoking., and repeated exposure to infections at home or at work or in case young children in school.And in some cases partially treated infections may keep coming back other rare causes may be immunity problems when it will be associated with other infections.
Answered 12/10/2013
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