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My daughter has been on antibiotics for an ear infection for 6 days, and said her ear hurts tonight. is it coming back or just taking time to work?
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Should be better: If she is not clearly improving by six days she needs to be seen by her doctor again. She may have a resistant bacteria . If she is overall better and just has nighttime discomfort without fever then she may just need more time to clear the fluid that accumulates in the middle ear from an infection .
Answered 10/6/2016
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Otitis: Your daughter may have fluid behind the ear drum, a condition known as middle ear effusion, which responds to antihistamine and other therapies. I suggest you have her seen by an ENT doc to treat the effusion, reduce the oain
Answered 11/27/2017
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