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5 month old whinges when i touch her left ear. no fever or cold. seems happy unless someone touches her ear?
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Hard to predict : Given the lack of fever or other suggestive symptoms this is something you can monitor at home. It is hard to interpret the behavior of a kid that age, and an unpublished review we did during training showed only 1/20 with this type of symptom had an ear infection.
Answered 6/15/2014
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