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My child's ear has pus coming out of it

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Dear Dr Ombeva,

My daughter of three years had her ears aching last night. Today, I see that it’s burst with dry whitish stuff. She doesn’t want to go to the doctor. I don’t know if I read somewhere that by the time the pus comes out, it’s getting better. She has no fever at all. Just a bit cranky. Some pus just dried around the wall of the ear and peeling off. I suspect it’s been draining and I hadn’t noticed

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