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Hi. my baby girl is 1 year one month, she wakes up crying and scratches her ears? does the use of the dummy cause this?

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Dr. Hushang Haghighat answered

Evaluation: She should be evaluated by her pediatrician to R/O ear infection, and to be treated.

Answered 11/5/2017

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