CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND EAR INFECTIONS

Ear infections occur so commonly in children under the age of five that some pediatricians consider them almost inevitable.

Otitis media, the medical name for ear infection, makes up the second-most common cause for emergency room visits (after fever) in infants less than 12 months old. In children 1-17 years old, ear infection also constitutes the second-most common discharge diagnosis, with the first being superficial injuries and contusions (bruises).

For a time, physicians and pediatricians resorted to the typical go-to of modern medicine: antibiotics. Parents would go home with vials of antibiotics only to see an ear infection develop, yet again. Eventually, the medical community developed the consensus that antibiotics do nothing to treat ear infections.

Parents facing ear infections as a chronic condition have alternatives to this endless cycle of over-medication, and one of the most effective is chiropractic care.

How Chiropractic Care Improves Ear Infections

Otitis media (an ear infection) is a condition characterized by a buildup of fluid in the middle ear. This can cause discomfort, since the Eustachian tubes that connect the ears to the throat cannot equalize the pressure. Pain, imbalance, temporary hearing impairment, headaches, sleeplessness, and other troubling symptoms result. Since a young child cannot understand these unpleasant, foreign sensations, they can understandably become quite upset.

Research shows that chiropractic care can not only address the fluid buildup, but it can sometimes prevent the condition altogether. It does so by getting to the root cause, nerve interference in the nerves that lead to the ear. One study of 46 children aged five and under observed that 93 percent of all cases improved. 75 percent saw improvements in 10 days or fewer, and 43 percent of the cohort improved after only one to two adjustments.

The results of studies like these show that children have the potential to avoid repeated, ineffective use of antibiotics, and to improve their condition through chiropractic care. Contact us today so we can become your chiropractor and help with ear infections.