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A member asked:
Does middle ear infection always cause drainage?
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Not necessarily. The infection of middle ear would have to rupture the ear drum for a person to experience a discharge.
Answered 12/6/2022
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In decades of daily encounters with middle ear infections in birth to 21 yo, I would say that a few percent (1-2%) ever drain. Outer ear infections like swimmers' ear often do.
Answered 12/6/2022
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No, most middle ear infections do not cause drainage. An infection leading to a perforated eardrum could cause this; sometimes when the eardrum is inflamed the ear wax in the ear canal can get softer and drain; or a swimmer's ear (ear canal infection) can cause drainage.
Answered 12/6/2022
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