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What are the causes of frequent ear infections in a child?
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Multiple: Just to name a few: attending daycare, exposure to tobacco smoke, cleft palate, positive family history, ciliary dysfunction, immunodeficiency.
Answered 4/9/2017
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Otitis media: Middle ear infections are usually due to blockage of eustacheon tube by infection. This does not allow proper drainage of the middle ear. Children often "outgrow" these infections when the tube changes position as they grow. Sometimes frequent infections can scar the eardrum and may require ear tubes. See a pediatric ENT surgeon for advice.
Answered 4/9/2017
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Ear infection: In little babies who are fed lying down with bottles propped also have repeated ear infections.
Answered 4/9/2017
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