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ear infection/breastmilk question
yeah, they heal. As a child I used to pray for my eardrum to rupture
because then the pain went away (ear infections have been a problem for me my whole life-had over 70) I haven't had a perf for a while (I've had 5-6 in each ear over my lifetime). I had a double perforation in Jan of 99. Three blessed weeks of sleeping well since I couldn't hear anything to wake me up. I needed it after the days of excruciating pain leading up to the perf thanks to an idiot of a GP who told me after accusing me of lying (when I said I hadn't flown recently) and giving me Amox "If it doesn't get better you'll have to see someone else because I can't give you anything stronger because you are pregnant." I ended up in the ER on New Year's day with two perf'd drums and a BP of 147/90 from the pain. Nurse practitioner gave me a hug, Ceftin and Tylenol with codeine bless her heart. |
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Thanks, everyone! Well, it turns out that maybe he doesn't have an ear
infection after all... He broke out in spots all over his body today and I thought it was an allergic reaction to the antibiotic, but our ped says that he had a *viral* infection instead of a bacterial one (we'd seen another ped initially), and that his ear looks fine. In any case, we're to stop the antibiotics. I should have asked him about the breastmilk in the ear trick, but I forgot! Em mama to Micah, 11/14/04 |
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"Kmom" wrote in message
oups.com... yeah, they heal. As a child I used to pray for my eardrum to rupture because then the pain went away (ear infections have been a problem for me my whole life-had over 70) I haven't had a perf for a while (I've had 5-6 in each ear over my lifetime). I had a double perforation in Jan of 99. Three blessed weeks of sleeping well since I couldn't hear anything to wake me up. I needed it after the days of excruciating pain leading up to the perf thanks to an idiot of a GP who told me after accusing me of lying (when I said I hadn't flown recently) and giving me Amox "If it doesn't get better you'll have to see someone else because I can't give you anything stronger because you are pregnant." I ended up in the ER on New Year's day with two perf'd drums and a BP of 147/90 from the pain. Nurse practitioner gave me a hug, Ceftin and Tylenol with codeine bless her heart. Ye Gods, that's awful! I have nearly everything under the sun that runs in my family, but thankfully not ear infections. Never had one, never want one! -- Amy Mum to Carlos born sleeping 20/11/02, & Ana born screaming 30/06/04 http://www.freewebs.com/carlos2002/ http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/ana%5Fj%5F2004/ My blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/querer-hijo-querer-hija/ |
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You are right to be thankful :-) They are miserable. Thankfully, I only
have one child who got my ears (out of six so far) and he is my youngest. He had tubes placed at 8 months (first set of ear infections at 3 weeks (exclusively breastfed non smoking household) and 5 more before he had the tubes placed). He is 27 months, has had one infection since the tubes. One tube has fallen out and he is still infection free. My 4yo is a little prone but not too bad she gets about 2 infections a year. None of my kids will be as bad as I was, I've learned from my experiences. |
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"Mum of Two" wrote in message ... Yeah, I forgot to add that an ear infection that leads to a perforated eardrum serves a purpose. Otherwise a perforated eardrum sounds pretty scary. Those things heal, of course. They heal very quickly actually. DD has had a few. The gunk that came out...major squick factor. She's got some ear issues. JennP. |
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"Kmom" wrote in message oups.com... He had tubes placed at 8 months (first set of ear infections at 3 weeks (exclusively breastfed non smoking household) and 5 more before he had the tubes placed). He is 27 months, has had one infection since the tubes. One tube has fallen out and he is still infection free. My 4yo is a little prone but not too bad she gets about 2 infections a year. None of my kids will be as bad as I was, I've learned from my experiences. I think we are headed for tubes with dd (13 months). She's had I think 8 infections since April. The last one took three antibiotics to finally get it to clear. She was clear for three weeks, caught another cold and I'm 99% sure she's got another infection now. We have an appt. tomorrow am to confirm. From there, it's the ent. Like you, I had loads of ear infection problems. Had tubes when I was four, didn't have many infections until I got married and I usually get one whopper a year. It's not fun. JennP. |
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Tubes weren't 'in vogue' when I was a kid. I had 4-5 infections a year
until 15 when they finally yanked my tonsils which were so bad they were talking cancer. I was infection free (and my hearing went to normal for the first time in my life) until I was 23. I get 1-2 infections a year now. I'm still recovering from a nasty in March. I have a mild case of chronic mastoiditis and it takes a long time for my ears to recover now. My typmanogram is still totally flat. I LOVE my ENT here. It's two guys in Monroe and they are just the best. The one if very low-tech, I know if he says meds or surgery it is necessary. I hope I can find someone I like in Texas. It's stressful enough looking for an ob or midwife and pediatrician. Tubes were the best thing I ever did for Ben. Procedure itself was smooth-I held him while they gassed him, no IV as they never put him totally out-just gas, he was out of the OR and in recovery in 10 minutes and I was there when he woke up, nursed him and we were gone within the hour. One infection after tubes, which cleared up beautifully with nothing but Ciprodex ear drops-no systemic abx which I thought was GREAT! Tube fell out of one side, hole closed up immediately. |
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Tubes weren't 'in vogue' when I was a kid. I had 4-5 infections a year
until 15 when they finally yanked my tonsils which were so bad they were talking cancer. I was infection free (and my hearing went to normal for the first time in my life) until I was 23. I get 1-2 infections a year now. I'm still recovering from a nasty in March. I have a mild case of chronic mastoiditis and it takes a long time for my ears to recover now. My typmanogram is still totally flat. I LOVE my ENT here. It's two guys in Monroe and they are just the best. The one if very low-tech, I know if he says meds or surgery it is necessary. I hope I can find someone I like in Texas. It's stressful enough looking for an ob or midwife and pediatrician. Tubes were the best thing I ever did for Ben. Procedure itself was smooth-I held him while they gassed him, no IV as they never put him totally out-just gas, he was out of the OR and in recovery in 10 minutes and I was there when he woke up, nursed him and we were gone within the hour. One infection after tubes, which cleared up beautifully with nothing but Ciprodex ear drops-no systemic abx which I thought was GREAT! Tube fell out of one side, hole closed up immediately. |
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Tubes weren't 'in vogue' when I was a kid. I had 4-5 infections a year
until 15 when they finally yanked my tonsils which were so bad they were talking cancer. I was infection free (and my hearing went to normal for the first time in my life) until I was 23. I get 1-2 infections a year now. I'm still recovering from a nasty in March. I have a mild case of chronic mastoiditis and it takes a long time for my ears to recover now. My typmanogram is still totally flat. I LOVE my ENT here. It's two guys in Monroe and they are just the best. The one if very low-tech, I know if he says meds or surgery it is necessary. I hope I can find someone I like in Texas. It's stressful enough looking for an ob or midwife and pediatrician. Tubes were the best thing I ever did for Ben. Procedure itself was smooth-I held him while they gassed him, no IV as they never put him totally out-just gas, he was out of the OR and in recovery in 10 minutes and I was there when he woke up, nursed him and we were gone within the hour. One infection after tubes, which cleared up beautifully with nothing but Ciprodex ear drops-no systemic abx which I thought was GREAT! Tube fell out of one side, hole closed up immediately. |
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emilymr wrote: Thanks, everyone! Well, it turns out that maybe he doesn't have an ear infection after all... He broke out in spots all over his body today and I thought it was an allergic reaction to the antibiotic, but our ped says that he had a *viral* infection instead of a bacterial one (we'd seen another ped initially), and that his ear looks fine. In any case, we're to stop the antibiotics. I should have asked him about the breastmilk in the ear trick, but I forgot! Em mama to Micah, 11/14/04 Awwww, poor guy. I'm glad his ear looks fine, and you can stop the antibiotics. Well, I'm feeling very sorry for my little DS#2, just barely 7mo, because he apparently has viral bronchiolitis AND an ear infection - the eardrum is perforated and the drainage is taking me back to my own childhood ear infection days So he's on antibiotics (just like the yummy strawberry milkshake amoxicillin I used to get as a kid) and we're staggering Motrin and Tylenol on the dr's advice to keep his pain under control Apparently, since the eardrum already perforated, it shouldn't be a problem when we *fly* tomorrow (sigh). All three of us sickies are going to be medicated for that flight . . . I pity our fellow travellers. Melania |
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