
|Articles|September 1, 2002
Lend a Painless Ear to Young Patients
Children often resist examinations forotitis externa because of pain and tenderness.
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Children often resist examinations forotitis externa because of pain and tenderness.To make the examination lesspainful, soak a cotton ball in a 2% procainesolution and apply to the ear for2 to 3 minutes.
-- Basil Rodansky, MD
Lincoln Park, Mich
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