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How long is it supposed to it take for the first symptoms of an ear infection occur?

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Ear infection: Once you have an infection the symptoms start wiht fullness and dull ache and progresses to sever pain as the pus /fluid build up in the midlle ear. Each infetion is different but one usually will strt having syumptoms the same day in few hours of the onset of infection.

Answered 4/4/2013

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