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- From: djones@iex.iex.com
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- Subject: Re: Hole in the eardrum
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.001228.16853@iex.uucp>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 00:12:28 GMT
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- In article <3927@master.CNA.TEK.COM> judyd@rosebud.CNA.TEK.COM writes:
- >
- >My son (3 1/2 years old) had a checkup recently, and the pediatrician
- >discovered that he has a hole in one of his eardrums. He says it
- >was probably left from when Jordan's tubes fell out. Jordan got
- >tubes put in when he was six months old. I don't know when they fell
- >out, but they told me at the time the tubes would stay in 6 to 12
- >months. At his 2-year checkup, the dr. said they were still in there
- >but they looked like they were ready to fall out. So the tubes
- >have probably been gone for at least a year, and Jordan still has a
- >hole in his eardrum. We're supposed to go back in February to check
- >to see if the hole has healed over, and if it hasn't, Jordan has to
- >get a patch on his eardrum.
- >
- >So, has anyone else had this happen? What does patching the eardrum
- >entail? Does it require anesthesia, and if so, can it be done under
- >a local? Is the patch permanent?
- >
- >Anyone know?
- >
- >
- My son has had 5 sets of tubes and my daughter just got her third
- (they are 4 1/2), and this has happened to us. The hole generally
- closes just fine, and in a way provides many of the same benefits
- of having the tube. I am not sure what is entailed in having the hole
- closed, in all this time we have not had the experience.
-
- Doug
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