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A member asked:

Any suggestions? my ear hurts! when i pull the cartilage, i feel something stabbing the inside. i just got over an ear infection, this isn't normal...

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Return to doctor: I agree this doesn't sound normal. You need to be reexamined by the doctor who treated your ear infection. Good luck.

Answered 12/16/2015

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