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Ear infection without temperature?

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TheHouseofMirth · 29/09/2010 13:24

DS2 (19 months) has a cold. He's just woken up 10 minutes after going to sleep and is fiddling with his ear a bit and generally miserable. He is usually horrid if he hasn't had a proper nap and his temperature is normal. I don't want to drag him to doctor's for no good reason. Surely if it were an ear infection he would have a temperature, wouldn't he?

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isw · 29/09/2010 13:29

swimmers ear doesn´t give you a temperature. We all get it evry summer after swimming lots but can get it all year round. Can be very very painful.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/otitis-externa/Pages/Introduction.aspx

isw · 29/09/2010 13:30

*every

TheHouseofMirth · 29/09/2010 13:40

That's interesting. He did fall over in the bath last night, and his ears definitelt got water in them. Could it develop that quickly?

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