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I have a bad double ear infection antibiotics(4days) ibuprofen & sudafed is doing nothing to help the pain is there anything else i can do to help?
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Mgt: Avoid water immersion, monitor your temperature, but if there is a lot of pressure behind the ear drum, they may need to remove some fluid.
Answered 3/7/2016
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