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My 6 year old has a cold and complains of ear pain, especially overnight. on the second night she had ear drainage that is bloody. ruptured ear drum?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

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Likely : Probably need antibiotics. May have obstructed eustachian tube from inflammation, then infection in middle ear, then drum perforation to drain out.

Answered 1/21/2014

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A member asked:

My 6 year old has a cold and complains of ear pain, especially overnight. on the second night she had ear drainage that is bloody. ruptured ear drum?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Creighton Wright answered

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