Ear infections

Re: Ear infections

• hooslisa member

  February 2013

  last 4 paragraphs were the most interesting.

  i was all ready to say "ha.  no antibiotics for ear infections!"  until i read this.....

  Although many children with infection improve without any antibiotics, there are some patients with AOM in whom antibiotics continue to be recommended. These include children aged 6 months and older with severe signs or symptoms, including moderate or severe otalgia, or otalgia for at least 48 hours accompanied by a fever of 102.2? F or higher, and any child with a ruptured eardrum.

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• JayandEmm member

  February 2013

  That was interesting.
  
  I think antibiotics are prescribed too soon in a lot of cases.

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• Buona Fortuna member

  February 2013

  hooslisa:

  last 4 paragraphs were the most interesting.

  i was all ready to say "ha.  no antibiotics for ear infections!"  until i read this.....

  Although many children with infection improve without any antibiotics, there are some patients with AOM in whom antibiotics continue to be recommended. These include children aged 6 months and older with severe signs or symptoms, including moderate or severe otalgia, or otalgia for at least 48 hours accompanied by a fever of 102.2? F or higher, and any child with a ruptured eardrum.

  I kinda laughed at that because how is a 6 month old going to tell you they have severe otalgia? (ear pain)- Basically you'd have to go off the 102.2 or higher temp with the red/bulging ear 

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• fastcarsandfreedom3319 member

  February 2013

  I feel like my pedi should have sent us to a specialist sooner instead of me having to request it. We could have avoided a lot of medications if we could have just gone to the tubes two months ago.

  
  
  

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• NewMommyKelsey

  March 2013

  asales727:

  I feel like my pedi should have sent us to a specialist sooner instead of me having to request it. We could have avoided a lot of medications if we could have just gone to the tubes two months ago.

   

  So I'm not a doctor but my doctor did recommend that my son have an allergies test if the ear infections continue. A pul. ped can do at 6 months of age. Love my pedi because he isn't quick to prescribe meds. My son has had 3 ear infections in almost seven months and he's always sick....daycare baby. I know how you feel asales727. It's very frustrating.

  

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