Acute Corner: November

Ear Infection

4 year old boy with ear pain was evaluated at ITH and diagnosed with a double ear infection.  The pain was disrupting his (and his parents’) sleep.  Instead of antibiotics, which are no longer the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation for otitis media, he was given a homeopathic remedy prescribed specifically for his individual symptoms by mouth and some garlic/mullein oil in each ear with  warming compresses to the exterior of the ears. The pain subsided immediately; his ears (and thus the infection) cleared completely within 36 hours.  The child and the parents were very happy with the outcome!