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my child's ear is draining. he has ear tubes and is on antibiotics. anything else to do?

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Dr. Anatoly Belilovsky
Dr. Anatoly Belilovsky answered
Pediatrics 35 years experience
Ear drops...: ...Are the treatment of choice for draining ears. Think of it as good news - if not for the tubes, the drainage would have collected behind the eardrum and led to infection with pain and fever.
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