My baby’s ear discharge

My two-year-old baby had a smelly discharge from her right ear for the past two weeks. Kindly let me know what I can do about it.

Yemisi (by SMS)

Any discharge from a child’s ear, especially when accompanied by a foul smell for six months and now a trace of blood, is an urgent red flag that requires immediate medical evaluation. At this age, such symptoms often indicate a chronic inflammatory process in the middle ear that has likely caused a perforation (hole) in the eardrum, creating a gateway for deeper infection.

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The fact that previous treatments with antibiotics and vitamins have not resolved the issue suggests that the infection is either highly persistent or resistant to those medications.