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Best Ways to Address Childhood Earaches

April 23, 2019 By Dr. Heather

Love these ears!

 

I grew up with chronic ear aches. They were painful.

However, I never visited the doctor’s for it.  Not sure why but I am very happy for this,  for 2 reasons:

 

1) I would have been on a lot of antibiotics…I mean a lot.

2) I was taught, early on, to believe that my body could fight the ear ache and  that natural therapies  do work.

But don’t begin to think that my mom neglected me. She didn’t. This is what she did:

  • Place a hot water bottle behind my ear
  • Inserted a warm olive oil saturated cotton ball into my ear ( be careful that it is not too warm to burn)

Luckily, neither of my kids never have had an ear ache but I have had many patients who do. In my treatment for them, I suggest all of the above but tweak a few things:

  • Add a  garlic clove to the olive oil when heating it up
  • Prescribe a homeopathic instead of the  Tylenol
  • Evaluate diet

The  true inspiration of this post comes from this NPR article I stumbled across recently, Temporary Hearing Loss May Rewire Kids’ Brains.

The title made me wonder.

Did my chronic ear aches effect my elementary schooling? I did struggle in my early schooling. And I was very quiet in school…maybe even withdrawn.

Geez.

Okay but then I read the last paragraph and was comforted.

“Restore healing, and the brain will eventually catch up.”

Phew.

My advice to parents of children who have chronic ear infections is to completely evaluate your childs’ diet. I wish gluten ( I have found out that I have a sensitivity to it)  had been taking out of my diet as a child because it would have relieved many painful nights ( and perhaps happier times in the classroom!). Dairy might have been a culprit as well. Be aware of how your child reacts to food; it is an important aspect of optimal health.

To YOUR best health!

 

Filed Under: Everyday Wellness, HBD, Healthy Food, Safer Products Tagged With: childhood, earaches, food sensitivities, garlic, homeopathy, olive oil

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