mms whose babies have had ear infections - pls help!!

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DD had / has a nasty ear infection which after 5 days needed AB. 3 days on still ear pulling although fever is down - how long before the ear pulling stops after the infection clears up? Could this be as it it healing and not hurting??
V confused and feeling for LO as she is still really grumpy

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my ds (now 6) had recurring ear infections as a little one. It is very distressing. The antibiotics should have taken affect by now-so I would advise you to make an appointment on Monday to have her ears checked again.
My ds had to have antibiotics every time to clear them up. The first sign of an infection with him was vomitting!
good luck

DS1 and ds3 were ear infection boys. They can take ages to clear up- especially when little. A lot of docs don't give antib's for them now (ds1 was always given them, ds3 never)- either way they took ages. I just shove calpol/nurofen into them until the temp drops........

Might be worth taking her back to gp. Her ear is obviously still bothering her. DS had ear infection - first sign was temperature and a couple of hours later his ear drum burst. Six days into a week long course of antibiotics his ear drum burst again and he need stronger antibiotics.

My ds (9 mos) is in the middle of his 2nd ear infection, and on abs again (tried to deal with it with just calpol, but I couldn't deal with any more puking and disturbed nights...). Once he started on the abs each time, he was a different person within 36 hours. I would take dd to your gp again and get them to take another look, as mamalocco said....

ok will do Monday when the course is finished - God this is horrendous

orangina DD also was a different baby initially but now she is ear pulling again and I am concerned.

Go back to the GP. Sounds like it is still infected. My DD started to get ear infections from 11 months, she is now 6yo and really suffers even now.

Have you tried Medised (instead of Calpol)? I found this really helpful at night (antihistamine in it helps them to sleep and added bonus stops their noses running).

My DD's early ear infections lead to Glue Ear, which has proved problematic. Each time my DD gets a head cold now the glue ear gets worse and leads to an infection. The glue ear also badly affects her hearing, so much so that an audiologist said she only had 40% hearing (temporary and much better now).

but i'm thinking if it is still infected they can't prescribe MORE AB can they?

ttc sorry for your DD no what is medised?

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If you go back to the GP they may be able to try a different type of AB or a stronger dose of the one you have. My DD mostly has ethrymicine (sp?) because Amoxycillin doesn't work.

Medised is a painkiller like Calpol that contains paracetamol but also has an antihistamine. You can get it in most chemists (def. in Boots). The antihistamine clears their nose so they can breathe and can also make them slightly drowsy (I only use it at bedtime).

thing is, maybe it's viral and won't respond to antibiotics?

both dd and ds had a severe ear infection a few weeks ago (ds had it in both ears poor chap). They both went on antibs. Ds (who was sicker than his sister) responded within 24 hours (he was put on a high dose) whereas his sister did not respond at all and it eventually cleared up on its own about a week later.

Take her back and see what the doc says but unfortunately, it may be a virus. Hope she gets better soon!

ds3 was hospitalised with ear infections last year (he had a seizure with them). The hospital (children's ward- saw a few paeds) would not give antibs without a positive swab (which was fine by me). Nurofen is good as its anti-inflammatory as well.

I wouldn't go down the trying various different AB's without a swab tbh- we did that with ds1 (for something else) and it did him no good at all.

TBH i would insist on a referral to a paediatric ENT doctor if has recurrent or persistent infections

our GP always said it was worth it but as soon as ENT chap saw DS he arranged grommit op (and DS was only 10 months)
worked brilliantly for us (although has had to have op done again last year as the grommets eventually fall out)

medised is the bees knees .

DD had endless ear infections when younger. She didnt grow out of them until about 9 years old. They have left her with 30% hearing loss on her left side

Grommets relieve Glue Ear (trapped fluid behind the ear drum), bit extreme for what may be first ear infection.

I would expect GP to make an educated decision regarding trying different AB's, though agree that AB's are not always the answer.

As an aside.... A suggestion from my GP was to give probiotic yoghurt to replace the good bacteria in their stomach. My DD often had a tummy upset after AB's, but wasn't as bad when eating/ drinking the yoghurt.

Sorry about your DD 'Moon'.

I'd got back to the GP if I was you. DS3 was admitted to hospital briefly on Wednesday due to an ear infection (he was actually admitted for suspected Viral Bronchiolitis - but that's a different thread) because of a build up of wax in the infected ear none of the Dr.s (either at the surgery or at the hospital) could actually see clearly whether the ear was infected or not.

We only found out it was an ear infection after several hours of having a thermometer shoved in his ear to check his temp was going down finally dislodged the wax, the ear drum perforated and all the gunk came out. Even the Dr said it was a lot of gunk and quite a nasty/big infection (so just as well IMO that they were shoving around in his ear otherwise who knows how much it may have built up before it was finally detected). It was still oozing a bit yesterday (Thursday) but today has stopped, he's also a lot happier and more settled and not pulling at his ear anymore.

So given how poorly DS3 was, and how bad the infection was before it was detected and the fact that he's now very obviously on the mend I'd say go back.

my ds still pulled on his ear for about a week after ab were finished. I suppose it depends how far the inflammation has gone, a perforated eardrum will take weeks to heal. And is hurts, ds is nearly 2 and he could tell me that it hurts.

Or you can buy acidophilus from health food shops and add to any food/milk- they have kiddy versions available. Having been through ds1's problems following antibs I always give some form of probiotic if the children have to have them.

We chose not to do the grommets thing with ds3, and he does seem to be growing out of ear infections now he's almost 3 (had one last week, but not too bad). He did have burst ear drums repeatedly last year though, it hasn;t affected his speech or anything at all though. DS1 grew out of them around the same age.

You'll find 1001 opinions from GP's regarding antibs and ear infections tbh. There has been a change of attitude as well- when ds1 (now 8) was small antibs were standard with ear infections (he had a lot), when ds3 was in hospital last winter it was the total opposite- they were very anti. My GP isn't into them, but I've seen others who are.

It's a really tricky one, isn't it? DS3 is ear infection boy (he's 3) - the other DSs weren't prone to this at all.

He had a bad bout last spring which involved his eardrum bursting twice - we did get antibiotics after the second burst and he perked up amazingly after just 24 hours of taking them (this was after weeks of screaming on and off and general misery).

We've just had another bout which involved getting two lots of amoxycillin, the second following a very distressing trip (for me) to a strange GP where my parents live who took one look at DS3's long hair and wellingtons (he's has an ASD) and made a value judgement about me and my child and refused even to try and examine his ear properly. Bastard.

The weird thing about DS3 is that he never runs a fever when he has these things - I have no idea why. I do give Nurofen to relieve the pain but I have to pin him down and squirt it into him.

Ah dinosaur get used to it (said in a nice way). GP's have refused to examine ds1 since he was 2 years old....... I remember dragging him to the em doc as I thought he might have tonsillitus and I needed to know whether he needed antibs (bearing in mind how wary I am of the blasted things- especially for ds1) and the doctor refused to examine him (having waved a doll in his face) in case he became distressed. Grrrr. All she needed to do was take 30 seconds to be really firm- I was prepared to hold him.
Even the sodding SN dentist we saw because his own dentist couldn't see inside his mouth was bloody useless. So for the past 6 years he has had now examinations (except in A&E where they have always been excellent).

no not now.

yurt1 we are spoilt I think in that our own local GP practice are very good and have always managed to examine him provided I hold onto him! It was I'm afraid more the obvious value judgement taht was being passed on us and not the lack of exam itself iyswim.

Gawd, dentists - there's a fun thought . I think I better carry on brushing his teeth, that's for sure.

How your DS1 atm?

changing dramatically, so exhausting (search on chat for tonight's thread about conditioner in kettle )

MY GP (now given up- sob-) was excellent - he almost managed to get a blood pressure reading from him once (although when I asked him about a blood test he said 'well I'm not bloody doing it' ). He did get further than the children's ward though (the nurse backed off very quickly ) It's tricky though. There were 5 of us holding him down for an x-ray in A&E earlier this year and they still couldn't get the picture they needed.

We use an electric toothbrush and have since he was young.

thanks all - I will keep monitoring it. The deal was that after 5 days of the doc telling us it was viral and will clear up on it's own the fever would not go and she was getting so weak. We rushed her tto AE where the pead looked in her ear and winced and said gosh that's incredibly sore and presc the AB. Although she improved within 24hrs the ear pulling has continued so i suspect there is still some inflammation there - as Spacepuppy suggested. The doc was then REALLY cross with me when he found out she was on AB and wants to see her anyway when the course if finished. I hated giving them to her and have been giving acidopholous and using metanium for her awfully sore bum - one thing leads to another dosen't it? But I know that I had to get that fever down.
what can I say? My life has been hell snd my daughter has been in pain for over a month.Let's hope it is over soon xxx