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A 17-year-old female asked:
help my 2month old was drinking off is bottle and his threw up to the side causing milk to go in his ear will that cause an ear infection?
3 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Carla L. King answered
Pediatrics 23 years experience
No: Just clean the outer part of the ear with warm water on a washcloth. Her ear will be fine.
3234 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. Katharine Cox answered
Pediatric Emergency Medicine 45 years experience
No: An ear infection comes from inside the throat and travels up a tube, called the Eustachian tube. This creates an infection behind the ear drum or thr tympanic membrane. Milk traveling from outside the ear is unable to cause an infection, All the best.
3234 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. Lori Semel answered
Pediatrics 35 years experience
No: There is a barrier between the middle ear and the outside called the tympanic membrane that keeps things from going into the middle ear from the outside. Gently, with a warm washcloth clean the inside of the ea canal that you can reach. Do NOT use a q tip as this can cause damage. Oh, and dont worry!
3234 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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