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My 6 mon old bub has thick dark liquid coming out of the same ear for a month now and it smells he's been on anti twice in a month for ear infec -help?
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Ear drainage: See an ENT specialist.Your child may have a cholesteatoma which needs immediate attention.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Culture: Your doctor needs to take a sample of that drainage and send it for culture. It could be a resistant bacteria, or other infection like a fungus or yeast, especially since he's been on several courses of antibiotics. If your primary care doc can't help you, see an ENT doc. That kind of smelly drainage is not normal in a 6 month old.
Answered 6/10/2014
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