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A few days after Mrs. Smith's initial call, she calls again because her two year-old son, Johnny, was sent home from day care with a cough, runny nose and fever (38.6 degrees C, 101.5 degrees F). He went to bed and woke up at 4:00 a.m., crying and holding his right ear.
One or more answers may be correct.
Why does an upper respiratory viral infection such as influenza predispose to otitis media?
A) The virus causes bacteria to replicate
B) Blowing the nose can force nasopharyngeal bacterial up the eustachian tube into the middle ear.
C) The viral infection inhibits the clearance of the bacteria from the middle ear.
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