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Child has ear infection and now ear lobe looks infected is this concerning or normal with ear infections?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Eat infection: It sounds like he was diagnosed with a middle ear infection? The infection he has now is on the skin, and this may be separate from the other. Occasionally the ear drum will rupture and the fluid will drain out from the ear canal and get stuck to the ear lobe. All the best.
Answered 5/3/2015
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Ear lobe: Seeing the ear lobe looks infected, make me tell that you need to see your doctor again to make sure about skin infection of ear lobule. This is serious infection if frieze
Answered 5/16/2015
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