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What are impacted ear wax symptoms?

2018-09-16 09:12:53
Me and my husband are very worried about my son's ear problem. He is 14 years old and still doesn't allow us to clean his ear wax. Now he complains of continuous pain in the ear. I feel the pain is due to impacted wax in his ear. What exactly are th symptoms if the wax is his ear
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Usually wax inside the ear is not painful. Frequent attempts of cleaning can cause infections of the ear canal. That may be the reason for his pain.
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Answered2018-09-19 08:39:04

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