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Ear Infection that hasn't gone away
by lbarker, Nov 06, 2006 12:00AM
My niece has had an ear infection for almost 2 months now. Her mother is taking her to the dr and they are giving her meds for it but nothing seems to work. She only gets these ear infections this time of year. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what you did to solve it. I've suggested to her mother to put ear plugs in her ears when she is around water to keep water out of her ears to see if that helps but she will not do that. I would appreciate any help. Thanks!
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Also what apparently works for chronic ear infections (and I think it was Dr. Weil who said this) is cranial sacral therapy. The great news is, the practitioner hardly touches you, but you can feel the results the very next day.
Do a google search for "cranial sacral therapy" and "recurrent ear infections" and you will find plenty of infection about this gentle therapy.
Good luck !
to swim? Earplugs are good for that except kids don't keep them clean after ea. use & can cause infection. 2 mo of antibio's
off/on w/ no resolution could mean: wrong rx/now resistant/
q-tip use pushing in cell debrie/who knows. If real young, the
tubes haven't grown enough & maybe collapsing. She may need a
sinus ct to rule out blockage if it's just 1 ear. A hair-dyrer
on cool is best to dry canal. A tympanogram test on the ear,
(earplug that is put in & takes 1 min.) pulls unseen fluid to
window to ck for Serous fluid trapped in middle ear. Generally
the scope can see but sometimes test surprises them. The
eustachian tubes are in the back of throat & make contact to
middle ear, so if she gets inflammed throat, it can cause a
fullness feeling in the ear. Lack of venting can create a
repeat of bacteria formation. If chronic earache, it shouldn't
go too long. They can also do a easy needle aspiration through
window to ck contents & send to lab. In ofc. & doesn't hurt
after a foam to numb is used. She should be seeing an ENT & not
reg-doc. Gd-luck.