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"Mine would get the same ear infections; so with my son, 1 made an appointment to have the tubes put in (a surgical procedure in which they create a drain in the ears). A friend asked me why I would have tubes put in when all I had to do was take my son off dairy. I'd never heard this before. I canceled the appointment, took my son off dairy, and he never had another ear infection. I did the same for my daughter: no more dairy, and she stopped getting ear infections and strep throat. Dairy and soy just breed infection; it's as simple as that." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Another problem is that the bacteria that cause certain ear infections are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. What is the medical solution? Prescribe a higher dose of antibiotic. According to Dr. Allan Greene, the problem is that "each time a child takes a course of antibiotics, future infections become harder to treat." In addition, he reports, "Of the 10 million annual antibiotic prescriptions for ear infections, somewhere between 8.5 million and 9.5 million prescriptions didn't actually help the children." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"A woman wrote this about her children's experience with dairy: My two children are now in their 20s, but when they were little, every kid I knew was having tubes put in their ears because they all kept getting ear infections, and the parents got tired of giving them so many rounds of antibiotics for years and years. Mine would get the same ear infections; so with my son, 1 made an appointment to have the tubes put in (a surgical procedure in which they create a drain in the ears). A friend asked me why I would have tubes put in when all I had to do was take my son off dairy." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Water trapped in the ear can make ear infections more likely. Symptoms include discharge from the ear, slight fever, a pain that intensifies when the ear is pulled or touched, and possibly a temporary loss of hearing. Otitis media or middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or viruses and are most common in infants and young children. Symptoms include a high fever (103?F or higher), earache, and a feeling of fullness or pressure in the ear. Children will often pull at their ears." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"It turns out that antibiotics have minimal impact on ear infections and that, unless a child is toxic (very visibly ill and unresponsive), simple ear infections are best treated with ibuprofen, a local painkiller for the ear, and otherwise left alone. If the child does not show improvement after three days, then it is time to go to the doctor. In years of treating children this way there have been no adverse outcomes.1'21 wish the doctor had followed the wait-and-see approach when my daughter was a child." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Number one: Many ear infections are not bacterial. The majority may be viral or have other causes. The second problem is that antibiotics don't do a very good job of addressing pain, which is really why parents come into the office in the first place, because their child's in pain." Dr. Rosen offered an alternative solution that spares children unnecessary exposure to antibiotics. " - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Kyle got three vaccinations while he was ill with ear infections, and was taking antibiotics. Kyle had food allergies and bowel problems. You probably missed other clues, though, just as I did when I first met Kyle. Here's the short version of the more obscure clues. I'll tell you more about them later, as together we unravel the mystery of autism. THE HIDDEN CLUES OF AUTISM • Kyle's family had a history of extremely early heart attacks, as do the families of about one-third of all autistic kids." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "These links even extend, to a significant degree, to other modern childhood epidemics, including those of learning disabilities, depression, teen suicide, substance abuse, speech pathologies, diabetes, childhood obesity, and recurrent ear infections. It is not your imagination: All of these problems are on the rise, some are running wild, and many are intimately related. Because there is such a strong common denominator of toxicity and metabolic failure among the 4-A disorders, there are many common traits and experiences among the children who suffer from these disorders." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "He started to suffer from almost constant ear infections. The pain and the crying never seemed to let up. Wesley and Lynne took the relatively drastic step of having plastic tubes inserted into Paul's ears to drain the congestion, but the infections just shifted to other areas, including his throat, lungs, and buttocks. Instead of playing with his toys, Poopy Pauly started rambling around the house in a strange state of stupor that was punctuated by sudden meltdowns. He ignored everyone." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "From age four months to twelve months, she'd suffered from recurrent ear infections, and had been given almost continual courses of antibiotics and steroids to treat them, and to help prevent them. The antibiotics, though, had allowed the yeast on her mucus membranes to proliferate, and she'd developed recurrent Candida infections throughout her diaper area, as well as thrush on her tongue. For many years, she continued to have trouble with yeast. Then at age eight, she'd been diagnosed with childhood diabetes, the autoimmune form of the disease." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"In their particular cases the meningitis had arisen from [long-standing] ear infections. The course of meningitis was almost invariably fatal, and . . . rapidly so. In the next bed [is] a man with sepsis [bacteria in his blood]. A barber by occupation, he had repeatedly stuck his finger on a safety pin used to pin on his smock with each new customer. He would have essentially no hope of recovery. Next [would be] a boy of 15 with high fever who had just been discovered to have [an abscess around his tonsils]." - Paul A. Offit, M.D.m Bonnie Fass-Offit, M.D. and Louis M. Bell, M.D., Breaking the Antibiotic Habit: A Parent's Guide to Coughs, Colds, ear infections, and Sore Throats (Get the book.)

"This is one of the major reasons almost all children develop ear infections. When ear infections develop, doctors load up the children with massive amounts of antibiotics. These antibiotics wipe out all the friendly flora in the colon, setting off a Candida yeast overgrowth, which then turns into a fungus permeating the entire body and causing all types of medical problems throughout the child's life. It is important to note that before 1988 only one in every 2,500 American children had autism. Today, one in every 166 children has autism." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"Many children are treated for ear infections when they don't have them. There are several reasons that a child is incorrectly diagnosed with an ear infection: © Ear fluid without red eardrums. Viruses that cause fluid to congest the nose can also cause fluid to accumulate behind the eardrum. However, in most children, bacteria will not grow in this fluid and pus will not collect behind the drum. Therefore, the eardrum does not become red. The presence of fluid behind the eardrum without redness of the drum is not a bacterial ear infection." - Paul A. Offit, M.D.m Bonnie Fass-Offit, M.D. and Louis M. Bell, M.D., Breaking the Antibiotic Habit: A Parent's Guide to Coughs, Colds, ear infections, and Sore Throats (Get the book.)

"I began looking at alternative ways of treating everything from ear infections to behavioral problems. I found that there were much more logical ways than medication of helping families cope with childhood and teenage health concerns. Often, these methods worked better—and always had the added bonus of producing fewer side effects. Behavioral problems are very common in pediatrics. They run the gamut from very difficult eighteen-month-old babies to oppositional eighteen-year-olds, but by far, attention deficit disorder is the most diagnosed." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Conductive hearing loss can be caused by the same factors that cause other types of hearing loss, including ear infections, growths, ear-wax, and blockage of the Eustachian tubes. (See Chapter 3.) SIGNING OFF As you can see, many throat, jaw, and neck signs are subtle, while others can be seen or heard loud and clear. In either case, don't hesitate to voice your concern if they trouble you. And any sudden sign—particularly those that are accompanied by bleeding, pain, or fever—should be checked out immediately." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Jones reasoned that if xylitol gum could cut ear infections by 40%, good things might happen if a solution of xylitol was inhaled into the upper nasal passages. Xylitol has the interesting property that it causes bacteria on the surface of a membrane to become dislodged so they can be washed away. To his great surprise and pleasure, he discovered that not only did infantile ear infections cease but chronic sinus infections; allergic rhinitis, bronchitis and asthma were eliminated. It is important that the atomizer is used correctly." - James A. Howenstine, A Physician's Guide to Natural Health Products That Work (Get the book.)

"When she went off of the allergy treatments for a little while, because our insurance would not pay for them, her ear infections immediately returned along with the other symptoms. Before we went to the allergist, I had talked to several doctors. We had gone to the best doctors and to different children's hospitals. Their answers were operations for her ears and medication to help calm her down if necessary. After a while the doctors started to treat me like a neurotic mother, implying that I must be doing something wrong for my child to be doing this." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Not all of the antibiotics listed above are recommended for children with ear infections that don't get better with amoxicillin. In this situation, we would recommend the use of Augmentin, Zithromax, Pediazole, Bactrim, Septra, Biaxin, Ceftin, Cefzil, or Vantin. However, only eight of every 100 children that receive one of these "stronger" antibiotics will benefit from them. Because of the increased likelihood of creating bacteria that resist antibiotics by giving these "stronger" antibiotics inappropriately, their risks may outweigh their benefits." - Paul A. Offit, M.D.m Bonnie Fass-Offit, M.D. and Louis M. Bell, M.D., Breaking the Antibiotic Habit: A Parent's Guide to Coughs, Colds, ear infections, and Sore Throats (Get the book.)

"Asthma, Hay Fever, Chronic Sinusitis, Recurring ear infections In Infants And Emphysema Dr. Lon Jones of Hale Center, Texas became very concerned about his small granddaughter's recurring ear infections. Dr. Jones knew that research in Finland (a very advanced medical country) had shown that a sugar (xylitol) chewing gum had reduced ear infections by 40% in children when it was given 8 times daily to prevent caries. Dr. Jones reasoned that if xylitol gum could cut ear infections by 40%, good things might happen if a solution of xylitol was inhaled into the upper nasal passages." - James A. Howenstine, MD, A Physician's Guide To Natural Health Products That Work (Get the book.)

"And if you have yellow, pus-like discharge, which may or may not be smelly, it can point to a permanently perforated eardrum or to a chronic middle ear infection— SIGN OF THE TIMES »Oscar Wilde suffered from ear infections all his life. After his release from prison, he finally had surgery on his ear—apparently to remove cholesteatomas. Unfortunately, he died a few weeks later of meningitis. Ironically, his father, Sir William Wilde—a leading eye and ear specialist— pioneered a surgical procedure to treat mastoiditis and remove cholesteatomas, which was probably used on his son." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "Red ears may be red flags for ear infections as well as such skin diseases as psoriasis or rosacea. (See Chapter 9.) They can also signal a condition, aptly named red ear syndrome, in which one ear typically becomes red, hot, and sometimes painful. Various seemingly innocuous triggers—such as touching your ear, turning your neck, chewing, sneezing, or Auditory nerve Cochlea EAR ANATOMY coughing—can set off red ear syndrome, which primarily affects children and young adults. But regardless of age, it's often associated with migraine headaches that affect the same side as the red ear." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Some people have had food allergies or sensitivities since birth that may have manifested in diseases like chronic ear infections, eczema, colic, tonsillitis and hives. Recurrent antibiotic use causes secondary Candida which in turn causes more intestinal troubles and allergies down the road. Some may develop food allergies later in life. Many are shocked to find that they can no longer tolerate a food they have eaten for years. (However, logically we know that we are not the same physiologically or emotionally at age 55 compared to age two; as we age, our bodies change." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Children greater than two years old with ear infections should be treated with amoxicillin for five days. 6. There are a number of antibiotics often referred to by doctors and parents as being "stronger" than amoxicillin (such as Augmentin, Zithromax, Lorabid, Biaxin, Ceclor, Cedax, Lora-bid, Ceftin, Cefzil, Suprax, Bactrim, Septra, or Vantin). These antibiotics are called "stronger" because they can kill some bacteria that are resistant to amoxicillin." - Paul A. Offit, M.D.m Bonnie Fass-Offit, M.D. and Louis M. Bell, M.D., Breaking the Antibiotic Habit: A Parent's Guide to Coughs, Colds, ear infections, and Sore Throats (Get the book.)

"The diseases and symptoms commonly associated with food allergies can include asthma, indigestion, diarrhea, fatigue, canker sores, celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, hyperactivity, ear infections, migraines, bed-wetting, acne, eczema, or edema. Many experts advocate rotation diets to identify specific food allergens. Most physicians agree that the simplest and most effective approach to treating food allergies is through the avoidance of eating allergenic foods." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Not only does bottle feeding pose its own problems because of possible contaminants in the water used to make it, but for reasons we do not fully understand, breast-feeding provides protective measures against diarrhea and ear infections and even some childhood cancers.) As if all that weren't enough for Zachary and his family to swallow, there is growing evidence that the sum of chemicals accumulating within us may be more toxic in combination than each chemical is alone. Think back to Becky's day." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"When my fourteen-year-old daughter was still in her single digits, she repeatedly got ear infections that caused enough pain to make her cry. (Who could blame her?) Being responsible parents, we would take her to the pediatrician, who would dutifully write a prescription for an antibiotic like amoxicillin. After treatment, her symptoms would go away, and she'd feel fine for a few weeks. Then, the pain and infection would come back, and the whole cycle would begin again. The repeated doctor visits and treatments were expensive, time-consuming, and inconvenient." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "In spite of the fact that guidelines state not to treat some types of ear infections with antibiotics, many doctors do so anyway. The type of ear infection that causes fluid discharge from the ear, without evidence of acute infection (bulging eardrum, extreme pain, high fever), is often treated with antibiotics, although it increases the risk of reinfection. What is the worst thing that could happen if your child got an ear infection? Well, the infection could possibly spread to his or her brain, causing meningitis (which can be fatal or cause brain damage)." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "These drugs, including amoxicillin (Amoxil), ampicillin (Omnipen), and bicam-picillin (Spectrobid), are useful for treating ear infections, lung infections, pneumonia, skin infections, and throat infections. They are, however, susceptible to the penicillinase-producing bacteria. EXTENDED-SPECTRUM PENICILLINS The extended-spectrum penicillins (antipseudomonal penicillins), including carbenicillin (Geopen), mezlocillin (Mezlin), piperacillin (Zosyn), and ticarcillin (Ticar), have an even broader spectrum than the aminopenicil-lins." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"These are dead, mucus-producing foods; they precipitate sinus problems, ear infections, allergies, and lung disorders.14 Infants and children thrive on raw, whole foods. When weaning babies, introduce raw fruit first, then after a while, vegetables, both of which can be pulverized and broken down in a blender, food processor, or juicer. As they grow, babies are gradually able to handle a greater variety of whole fruits and vegetables. Make this type of food a major portion of their intake, and watch the results. Further information about feeding babies and children is available in Dr." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "As a result, symptoms such as colds, sinusitis, ear infections, measles, chicken pox, and eczema arise. As vitality lowers, the body cannot afford the expenditure of energy required for the alternate elimination, and is forced to store toxins in its tissues. As this continues, toxins are stored in the deeper layers of the tissues where they eventually cause diseases such as arthritis, heart disease, senility, and cancer." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

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