Does my Child's Ear Infection Require an ENT Specialist? Posted: 03-03-06 10:54am
For the past 6 days my 20 month old
daughter has been running a high fever
(avg. 104) . I have taken her to her
pediatrician on 2/27 and then to the ER
2/28 and all tests have come back
negative. She was given a 24 antibiotic
on 2/28 in the ER and she continued to get
a high fever. Her pediatrician just
prescribed a 5 day antibiotic to her
yesterday (3/9) and she still had a fever
of 105. this morning at 2 am. On 2/29 she
began having some fluid draining out of
her left ear. I don't know what to do.
Should I take her to an ENT? Should I
take her to see another pediatrician?
What should I do? Someone please
help.
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Baby Q&A Answer A813 Posted: 04-21-06 08:50am
It seems highly likely that your daughter
is experiencing an infection of the left
middle ear. Middle ear infections can be
manifested complications of pharyngeal
infection. This infection is probably
bacterial in nature or a viral infection
complicated with a bacterial infection.
Viral infections usually are shorter in
duration than the former. I recommend you
to visit an ENT-specialist to diagnose and
treat your daughter's dis-ease.
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