When Antibiotics Don’t Work
Ear infections are one of the most challenging events in a child’s life. I’ve tried all of the options the doctors offer. You can wait it out, see if the baby improves on their own. You can put the baby on a 10 day round of antibiotics. When that doesn’t work, the doctor may suggest a second round. And finally, if it’s really bad, he/she may tell you about the possible need for putting tubes in the baby’s ears. I needed to find a more gentle way of healing.
Baby Ashoka 2007
Trying My Options.
The “wait and see” approach wasn’t really an option for me. Baby was miserable, high fever, and I worried about the ear drums bursting. I went with antibiotics. Sometimes it worked. But sometimes, they didn’t work at all. When the second round of antibiotics didn’t do anything, I started looking for another option. Here’s the thing, if the infection is caused by a bacterial infection, the antibiotics usually work. When I followed antibiotic therapy with probiotics immediately afterwards (yogurt, or acidophilus), this really helped to prevent a reoccurring infection. However, if the ear infection was viral, or my baby was misdiagnosed, they didn’t work. What to do? » Read more: Baby Ear Infections