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What do you do after your ear drum ruptures after otitis?

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See physician: , ost ear drum ruptures heal spontaneously. Treatment with antibiotic ear drops may speed recovery. You should keep water out of the ear until examination shows the ear drum to be healed.

Dr Villaplana and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 6/15/2015

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