Hi, my daughter is 7 months old and ruptured her eardrum after few months of recurrent ear infections. It s been two weeks already and still pus coming out, almost everyday usually in the evening , is that normal ? She also scratches the ear when the pus is coming out . How long take ear drum to heal and is occasion pus leaking is normal ? Thank you!
Thanks for posting your question in Chat Doctor .from your narration your daughter had recurrent ear infections, then the ear Chat Doctor.  Now still pus is coming out.it is very common in infants to get cold and ear infections. Whenever there are cold chances of ear infection is also common, because ear and nose are connected by a tube called Eustachian tube. So infection spreads from nose to ear. Initially it causes what we call as acute supportive Otis media(ATOM) causing earache and sometimes ear discharge. The discharge has to come outside through ear