For children with ear tubes, topical antibiotic drops treat the leaky discharge caused by an ear infection much more effectively than oral antibiotics or observation, according to a study published in ...
Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or a virus that infects fluid that has builds up in the middle ear. These infections often happen when a child has a cold, allergy or upper respiratory ...
Hundreds of thousands of children each year in the United States get tiny tubes surgically inserted into their eardrums as a remedy for repeated severe ear infections or a chronic buildup of fluid in ...
The technical name for an ear-tube surgery is a myringotomy. A bilateral myringotomy includes surgery in both ears. The average age of children undergoing ear ventilation tube insertion is 1 to 3 ...
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - Jenny Pesek knows more than she'd like about the country's most common outpatient surgery in kids. Her three children have all had ear tubes implanted to deal with chronic ear ...
As parents, we’ve all been there. Long, late nights with a screaming toddler suffering from a fever as he or she tugs on ears — another ear infection and another trip to the pediatrician. If your ...
As a parent, you hate to see your child feeling under the weather. Children seem to attract all manner of sniffles and coughs, but one of the most common illnesses of early childhood is an ear ...
Inserting tubes in the ear is a treatment for chronic ear infections. Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or a virus that infects fluid that has builds up in the middle ear. These infections ...
Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or a virus that infects fluid that has builds up in the middle ear. These infections often happen when a child has a cold, allergy or upper respiratory ...