? re ear infection
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Topic: ? re ear infection
Posted By: Henna79
Subject: ? re ear infection
Date Posted: 07 December 2008 at 2:58pm
| Alex has one (only diagnosed this morning) but for a couple of days his ear has been leaking. Doctor didn't say anything about his drum having burst but my Mum thinks that it may have and thats why it's leaking cos it shouldn't if it's just an infection so I rang the surgery back and he hasn't written in the notes anything about drum bursting so I guess what I am wondering is should I be worried that it has or is leaking normal with an infection? I am thinking I might ring our normal Doctor tomorrow and ask one of the nurses but I figure that the best thing, if it is possible his drum has burst, is that we need to get it checked for certain to see if it has. |
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Posted By: sno0ze
Date Posted: 07 December 2008 at 3:07pm
Hello, my daughter had a lot of ear infections when a baby, she was on antibotics and her ear never leaked. It sounds like a burst eardrum but then I have no medical background. I would definitely get his ear checked out. Hope he gets better soon 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 07 December 2008 at 3:53pm
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Whenever Andrew or Josh had leaking it wasn't always because of a burst ear drum (most of the time it was thou). Sometimes it can be because there is a lot of wax and it has finally got a chance to move out of the ear. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 07 December 2008 at 10:47pm
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Dunno if babies are different to grown ups but i get burst eardrums more than I'd really like lol, and mine bleed. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 08 December 2008 at 1:22pm
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The only time Chloe's ear leaked was when her eardrum burst, but I'm not a medical authority!
Did the Dr give you ABs for the ear infection? If so then they should help a burst eardrum anyway. If not, and you are worried, then I would take him back to your regular Dr and have his ears checked again, and mention the leaking. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: Henna79
Date Posted: 08 December 2008 at 4:23pm
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Yeah he is on antibiotics and drops. I'm gonna take him to our doc when he is finished antibiotics and get her to check him out
Thanks heaps for your advice ladies. Much appreciated. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 December 2008 at 7:11pm
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My girls never had leaky ears but they were only given AB's for ear infections. I think he must have noticed the leaking and that's why you have drops as well. -------------  |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 08 December 2008 at 7:32pm
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When Chloe had a burst eardrum, the Dr just prescribed her antibiotics. Maybe the drops were for something extra, like waxy ears or something. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 04 August 2009 at 1:20pm
| just bumping this up, im a newbie to ear infections etc... but this morning brennan had a really leaky ear and hes been grumpy since the weekend. does this sound like an infection? i just made a doc appointment to get it checked out to be sure anyway. |
Posted By: bext1
Date Posted: 04 August 2009 at 5:52pm
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could be. our boys get grumpy and grab at their ears alot!
Hope everyones babies are all getting better now!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Henna79
Date Posted: 04 August 2009 at 7:01pm
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HUNTD could be. We didn't know Alex had his first infection until stuff came out his ear.
bext1 I so know what you mean. Alex is a shocking sleeper at the mo and I have been wondering about his ears as he does play with them when feeding but everytime I go to doc she says that they are a bit red but no need for antibios. |