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Dr. Michael Mallea reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Mallea is a nephrologist in private practice in Boise, Idaho.
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Dr. Michael P. Pignone reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Pignone is the Department Chair of Medicine at the University of Texas Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas.
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Some medical tests report results in micrograms per liter (mcg/L). A microgram is one-millionth of a gram. A gram is about 1/30 of an ounce. A liter measures fluid volume. It is a little bigger than a quart.
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Most ear infections form in the middle ear. The eustachian tube carries fluid from the middle ear to the throat. Sometimes during a cold, the eustachian tube becomes swollen and fluid is trapped in the middle ear. Bacteria or viruses can grow in this fluid and form an ear infection.