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From: unicorn@bmcg.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: What I Did About Recurrent Ear Infections
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 12:59:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 12:59:12 1984
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My older daughter began having very serious ear infections
at age 2 (she's now 14);  they were so serious that we were
at the hospital every other week.  The doctors were beginning
to talk about putting tubes in her ears.

A friend (retired nurse) told me what to do on a regular basis to
prevent ear infections.  It's scary for the child at first,
as well as for the adult, but it worked for Kathy:

Once or twice a week, depending on my instincts, I put her
head on my lap and carefully dropped a few droplets of medicinal
peroxide into each ear.  The stuff bubbles & makes a "fizzy"
noise.  Then I carefully swabbed with a Q tip--not penetrating
the ear so much as wiping out excess peroxide.  The process
prevented earaches from age 2 1/2 on.

Interestingly enough, the vet told me to do the same thing
with our Golden's ear infection last week;  after doing so,
I put a cortezone type salve into the ear.  It also cleared
up also immediately.  I forgot;  this is not net.pets...our
Golden is a dog, not a person.

Good luck.