A 41-year-old member asked:
can drinking beer cause an ear infection?
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
No: As above.
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Dr. Johanna Fricke commented
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 50 years experience
Unless, maybe, you drank it lying on your back with head lower than feet, and it refluxed into middle ear? Not likely!
Oct 4, 2012
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