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What are the tests for ear infection?
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Physical findings: The diagnosis of ear infection (or otitis media) requires the presence of ear pain (fussiness and/or crying in an infant), as well as abnormal otoscopic findings on examination of the ear. Ancillary tests can also be reduced movement of the eardrum with insufflation and abnormal tympanogram tracings.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Normally dont test: We normally don't test. You can determine an infection based on history and how the canal, and ear drum looks.
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