Joined: 16 July 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 1966 Gender: Female
Posted: 12 July 2006 at 1:57pm | IP Logged
Hey
Since Taylor was born he has had an ear infection every month lasting between a week to a fortnight.. this month was quite bad with him having a very high temp 39.7 and vomiting.
He has been given anti b's for it a couple of times, but the remainder was just calpol and to let him fight it off...
Is there anything that would help reduce the number of times he has it??
All the boy's on my side of the family have had ear problems which lead to the gromits, tonsils and adanoids (sp) operation.. im not sure if this would help taylor tho...
I feel like everytime we go to see the doc we are being fobbed off... i keep telling them he has it every month, but none of them seam to bothered.
If i had a bit of info about this i could stand up for him next month and try to get something done about it.
Joined: 13 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 8428 Gender: Female
Posted: 12 July 2006 at 4:09pm | IP Logged
Spooky!!! I was talking to someone just yesterday about this. Her daughter had ear infections constantly. She is now 5 and has just been fitted with gromits. She had glue ear and the build up was stopping the ear drum vibrating properly leading to hearing problems. She didnt even realise she had hearing problems as she'd aways spoken very well. She was advising a friend with a 16 month old to get her hearing checked as she kept getting ear infections.
Put your foot down Nicki! It cant be natural for him to have that many ear infections I'm sure. Good luck.
Joined: 17 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 4943 Gender: Female
Posted: 12 July 2006 at 6:37pm | IP Logged
Harrison was the same he suffered with ear infections, almost on a monthly basis from being 16 months and was eventually reffered to the ENT at pendlbury childrens hosp.
He has since has grommetts inserted 3 times the second lot fell out within 3 weeks, we go back to the specialist in August for his revew of the adanoid op, apparently this has also hindered his speech hence the reason he is currently under a speech therapist.
For Taylor to be having that amount of ear infections, i think he should be refferd to a specialist for one of the above to be tried, as if your being fobbed off by the gp and just being given anti b's he will become immune to the anti b's and he'll be left to fight it alone.
I'd definatly take jim baclk to the gp's and demand to be reffered.
Joined: 12 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 5855 Gender: Female
Posted: 12 July 2006 at 7:39pm | IP Logged
Just to back up everything else that has been said, my middle nephew had constant ear infections and it turned out to be glue ear. He had grommets when he was 2, and is so much better.
The other thing that my sister did which really helped, was to give him goats milk instead of cows milk.
Goat's milk is a very good source of calcium and a good source of protein, phosphorous, riboflavin (vitamin B2) and potassium. Perhaps the greatest benefit of goat's milk, however, is that some people who cannot tolerate cow's milk are able to drink goat's milk without any problems. Allergy to cow's milk has been found in many people with conditions such as recurrent ear infections, asthma, eczema, and even rheumatoid arthritis. Replacing cow's milk with goat's milk may help to reduce some of the symptoms of these conditions.
Goat's milk can sometimes even be used as a replacement for cow's milk-based infant formulas for infants who have difficulties with dairy products. Unfortunately, goat's milk is lacking in several nutrients that are necessary for growing infants, so parents interested in trying goat's milk instead of cow's milk-based formula for their infants should ask their pediatricians or other qualified healthcare practitioners for recipes and ways to add these important and vital nutrients. For older children and adults, however, goat's milk can be an excellent calcium-rich alternative to cow's milk as, in addition to calcium, it contains many of the same nutrients found in cow's milk.
Joined: 07 June 2006 United Kingdom Posts: 4088 Gender: Female
Posted: 12 July 2006 at 8:08pm | IP Logged
I gave up trying to count the amount of time off natasja had with ear infections and then tonsilitus. Even the teachers were concerned about the amount of time she had. Lost my temper at the doc who just kept on prescribing antibs for her. It was getting to a point where she was more or less immune to the antibs, which is not good. I asked for her to see a specialist and we say one a few weeks later. He took one look in her ears and said that she had a deep seated infection, where the antibs cleared 99% of the infection...but then the bugs would grow and it would come back. He did ask if there was a family history of ears, cos majority of the time it is hereditary. She didn't need to have gromits phew, the doc gave her a high dosage, long term antib, and has kept her on his list so we don't have to go through the whole process. He did say that some of the time the kiddywinks grow out of them, its just a matter of time.
Joined: 01 June 2006 Ireland Posts: 1625 Gender: Female
Posted: 13 July 2006 at 10:07am | IP Logged
My brother we always getting ear infections...I am 6 years older than him and even i can remenber how sick he use to be and how worring it was for my mother. My harth goes out to you both ..I got one ear infection ever and to be honest its the most painful thing ever.
My brother had grommets fitted and they worked wonders, never had any more problems.
Best of luck with your GP, I really hope that you get it sorted for your ds sake..there is no point in him suffering like that. plus if your gp is not willing to make the appointment for you ...can you make it yourself ???
Joined: 13 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 8428 Gender: Female
Posted: 13 July 2006 at 11:27am | IP Logged
Nicki take Simon with you. I always take Tony when I need someone to shout for me. He scared the hell out of most of the consultants, midwifes and gps who dealth with me while I was pregnant! I'm the same as you - I go all shy and say yes to anything.
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