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Can you have an ear infection without fluid in your ear?

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Only swimmers ear: A true inner ear infection requires fluid accumulated behind the eardrum (usually due to the negative eustachian tube pressure from a cold). A swimmers ear is an outer ear infection due to swimming and involves the outer ear canal. The two entities are entirely different and require different treatments

Dr Finkelstein agreed

Answered 4/8/2015

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