Close-up of the ear in a 2 year old male patient showing melted wax oozing from the ear canal due to heat from a middle ear infection (otitis media).

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Close-up of the ear in a 2 year old male patient showing melted wax oozing from the ear canal due to heat from a middle ear infection (otitis media). Otitis media is caused either by a viral or bacterial infection which can cause earache and fever.

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Photo credit: © DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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