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02-29-2008, 10:29 AM
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Has anyone ever heard of this? My 18 month old daughter has been having ear infections all winter. She went to see a ear, nose and throat specialist and he said he wouldn't recommend tubes. What he recommended though was putting her on Pediasol and nasonex for the remainder of the winter and possibly putting her on this all of next winter also. While it is a low dose of antibiotic that she is getting I am still a little iffy about it. Does anyone know anything about doctors doing this??
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I've never heard of such a thing...I would also be iffy on this. Most ear infection are viral therefore antibioitics aren't effective
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02-29-2008, 10:39 AM
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Lissa- I was hoping you would respond. Wasn't it your son who was supposed to get tubes? My mom had said she had talked to someone that said doctor's try everything before tubes. Was there anything your doc's tried before putting tubes in his ears?
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He just got tubes yesterday. He too has had ear infections all winter. In fact, he's been on 7 antibiotics in the past 7 months. My doctor just said to get tubes.
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I don't know of any doctor that would recommend such a long period of time on antibiotics, even for adults. There is always that risk of resistance. Not to mention antibiotics don't just kill the bad bacteria, they kill good bacteria too.
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I'm sure you already covered this but are there any dietery changes you could or have made? My boy had three ear infections back to back untill I took him off cow milk.
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