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I am nearly deaf thanks to unattended childhood ear infections. You could not be more wrong.

• ars 7y ago
  It would have had to have been unattended for a very long time. Current guidance is to wait a couple days to see if it clears up, and only if it doesn't after several days then see a doctor. You would not have hearing damage after just several days.
  • lazyasciiart 7y ago
    The context is that someone claimed it's pointless to even diagnose them. An undiagnosed problem isn't going to be following that guidance.
    • ars 7y ago
      It's not necessary to diagnose it until several days have passed. That's not to say just ignore the earache, but you don't have to go to the doctor to get a diagnosed for couple days. Only if it's still there after a couple days then go.
  • gregopet 7y ago
    Here (Slovenia) you get told off severely if you don't come immediately when the pain starts. And if there's no pain but you feel a fluid buildup, you're supposed to get checked regularly until it subsides (am currently in that state, non-infected fluid buildup in my ear after a viral infection).
    • danielscrubs 7y ago
      Does your doctors have incentives for regular checkups?