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How To Use Ear Drops
Warm the oil to body temperature (it should feel comfortable on your wrist). Have the child lie on one side, and using a medicine dropper, put one to three drops into the ear. Be careful not to let the dropper itself touch the ear. Pull gently on the top portion of the ear to facilitate the drip into the ear canal. You can also gently massage behind the ear to help the oil slide into the ear canal. Do not use ear drops if the eardrum is perforated. A perforated or ruptured eardrum, not uncommon with otitis media, is hard to determine in an infant since the signs include a sudden loss of both pain and hearing or a buzzing sound in the ear. In addition, you may see a small amount of discharge from the ear.
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