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Ear Infection - Acute
Alternate Names : Infection - Inner Ear, Middle Ear Infection - Acute, Otitis Media - Acute
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Calling Your Health Care Provider
Call your child's doctor if:
- The child's symptoms (pain, fever, or irritability) do not improve within 24 to 48 hours
- At the start, the child seems sicker than just an ear infection
- Your child has a high fever or severe pain
- Severe pain suddenly stops hurting -- this may indicate a ruptured eardrum
- Symptoms worsen
- New symptoms appear, especially severe headache, dizziness, swelling around the ear, or twitching of the face muscles
For a child under two, let the doctor know right away if the child has a fever, even if no other symptoms are present.
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• Definition
• Acute Ear Infection Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Acute Ear Infection Symptoms & Signs
• Acute Ear Infection Prevention
• Acute Ear Infection Diagnosis & Tests
• Acute Ear Infection Treatment
• Acute Ear Infection Prognosis
• Acute Ear Infection Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
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Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Allergies
• Enlarged Adenoids
• Mastoiditis
• Meningitis
• Otitis
• Otitis Media - Chronic
• Ruptured or Perforated Eardrum
Surgery & Procedures
• Ear Tube Insertion
Other Topics
• Diarrhea
• Earache
• Fever
• Hearing Loss
• Nausea and Vomiting
Review Date : 10/14/2003
Reviewed By : Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics, Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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