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Over the counter meds for ear infection with protruded eardrum?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Med evaluation: If you have tissue protruding out of the external ear canal that warrants medical evaluation.

Answered 3/26/2013

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