Calling the ear infection Mums...

[Aimsmum]

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I've got a pretty bad ear infection at the moment, the discharge coming out from my ear initially was blood coloured so I presume I might have burst my ear drum, really painful.
Anyway, since then my ear is pulsating, and at night it really can become quite loud, it prevents me from sleeping.

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Oh your poor dd having had 16 burst ear drums. I've feeling sorry for myself and this is only my first.
The pulsating itself doesn't cause any pain, but it is very annoying. It comes and goes throughout day and night. I really can feel for your dd, but I'm afraid I haven't any ideas on how to stop it from happening.

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DS3 is only 8 months so too young to tell me how his feel but I just wanted to send best wishes to your dd!

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Oh BAD news Aimsmum, really sorry to hear this about your poor dd. Dd was effusion-free on her low-dose trimethprim for 8 days and hers have both gone today...but it is clear, almost serous fluid, not the pus-filled and smelly gunk of yore. Luckily our GP was doing the out of hours stint this afternoon and he suggests keeping with the trimethoprim, so we are. But dd is red-cheeked and grumpy and full of cold

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...DS 2 who is 3 has frequent ear infections as well.

Hasn't got a burst drum at minute but was at ENT clinic last week who said he now has a hole in his ear drum, probably from the frequency of it bursting. Only advice is to keep it dry and come back in 6 months.

I found last year cranial ostepothy helped him a lot, as the osteopath discovered the muscles up his neck on the problem side were very very tight and not allowing drainage. He showed me how to massage his neck and I still do when he gets a cold, which usually leads to an infection, it does seem to help.

Aimsmum

I had been thinking of you and wondering how you dd was getting on with her ears, what a nightmare for you. I know its expensive, but we did do Cranial Osteopathy and dairy free, don't know whether it would be worth a try?

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AimsMum

I really had been thinking of you and wondered about posting a new thread to ask how dd was getting on - lol, but thought I might seem a sad, with no life

It may take a while for her cycle of ear problems to subside and she may still get the odd one, hopefully each one will be less severe and then fissle out all together? Don't know what other mn'ers who have given up dairy for ear problems got on - maybe they could post and let you know their experiences?

We paid about £40 for the first session and about £32 afterwards so £140 does seem pretty steep. If you called the Clinic in Churchdown Glos that we went to I am sure they could recommend one to you locally? I saw Clive Hayden and found this link on the web which gives his contact details and details of the book his wife has written on CO in children

www.cranial.org.uk/page3.html

Where are you? My ostepath in Hampshire is £25 per session.

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Aimsmum, I know an excellent cranial osteopath in Edinburgh if that's any good? I know you sometimes come here for OU, so maybe it would be possible? It's a few years since we went, but she was certainly cheaper than your quote then.

AimsMum

That is what happened with ds - his chest infections - which were linked to his ear probs got gradually better - and then eventually stopped altogether - I know when my dh had his tonsills out at the age of 32 (he had had chronic tonsillitus for 18 months - they eventually took them out and the adenoids as they were totally infected also) he still went into the 2 week cycle of infection probs with high temps and illness - even though the tonsills weren't there anymore! I think he was SO full of infection that it took his body a while to clear it all even though the offenders were no longer there, wonder if it could be the same with chronic ear infections?

AimsMum

That is what happened with ds - his chest infections - which were linked to his ear probs got gradually better - and then eventually stopped altogether - I know when my dh had his tonsills out at the age of 32 (he had had chronic tonsillitus for 18 months - they eventually took them out and the adenoids as they were totally infected also) he still went into the 2 week cycle of infection probs with high temps and illness - even though the tonsills weren't there anymore! I think he was SO full of infection that it took his body a while to clear it all even though the offenders were no longer there, wonder if it could be the same with chronic ear infections?

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I'll CAT you, Aimsmum

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