A Safer Solution For Chronic Ear Infections

It's 2 AM and the crying has only gotten progressively worse across the past hour

. You are pacing the downstairs hallway trying anything to soothe your inconsolable 10-month old so that your 5 and 8 year old kids can get some sleep upstairs. Your plan is to call the doctor's office the moment they open - seven hours from now!

Although your infant cannot tell you what is wrong, your intuition says it is another middle ear infection. The data proves your intuition to be accurate.. Earaches are the #1 reason for visits to the pediatrician's office. As a parent, that probably comes as no surprise.

Unfortunately, the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) and the AFP (Academy of Family Physicians) recommend the "watch and see" approach to monitoring acute ear infections.. Research studies show no difference in pain or fever among children who were given antibiotics versus children who were treated alternatively. You can learn more by researching studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.. As it turns out, antibiotics only outperform the body's own immune system in a handful of cases.

At the same time, numerous studies of manipulative therapies including chiropractic care have shown remarkable results without the side effects of antibiotics. In 1997, a study of more than 300 children (ages 27 days through five years of age) showed a strong correlation between chiropractic treatment and the resolution of middle ear infection.. Just to highlight one finding there were 104 kids in the group classified as having chronic otitis media. This group of kids got 5 chiropractic adjustments each. During the following six months, this group's recurrence rate was just sixteen percent.!

Let's put that data into more human terms. In other words, more than 80% of these children who were classified as having chronic ear infections were able to enjoy six months or longer without subsequent infections after just five chiropractic adjustments.. A full half year devoid of screaming in the middle of the night, lost sleep and anguish of watching your child suffer for 84% of the parents.

The prior study published in a chiropractic journal spurred further research into the uses of chiropractic care for acute and chronic ear infections. The critical questions was - how would chiropractic fare head-to-head with standard pediatric care? A 2003 study published in a pediatric medicine journal comparing children receiving manipulative therapy and those receiving standard pediatric care, found that those who received manipulative therapy had fewer episodes of Acute Otitis Media (AOM), fewer surgical procedures and had higher rates of normal tympanograms.

This amazing news for parents has been validated and confirmed numerous times since then. The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) upholds a webpage of all published research studies that have been performed on children's ear infections, and the role of chiropractic care in their treatment and prevention.

As a parent, your greatest pain is watching your children suffer. Chiropractic may be the best, safest way to end that pain and to put your child back on a path to peace, without the stress of frequent ear infections.. Why spend another sleepless night trying to soothe your howling toddler?. Give your chiropractor a call today for a consultation..

Don't wait until another ear infection strikes. Prevention is always the better option. Besides, when your child is in pain, your anxiety level as a parent goes way up. As a parent, you should be able to ask all your questions and get all the facts at your own pace and not feel pressured to make a decision or start treatment because your child is screaming. Of course, if your child does have current symptoms, your chiropractor would want to see both of you as soon as possible.

by: Andy Grant

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