{"id":223,"date":"2010-03-02T02:19:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturalpathremedies.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-03-20T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T03:53:45","slug":"hear-this-about-your-ear-infections-and-tinnitus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.NaturalPathRemedies.com\/blog\/hear-this-about-your-ear-infections-and-tinnitus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear this about your Ear: infections and tinnitus"},"content":{"rendered":"

HERBAL AIDS FOR EAR PROBLEMS<\/p>\n

The use of certain herbs can enhance the recovery of problems concerning the ears. This is important to know how to treat naturally, as it is common, and it can prevent life long challenges as a result of inappropriate treatment.<\/p>\n

Ear infections fall into two major categories: acute otitis media (AOM) and secretory otitis media (otitis media with effusion (OME)). Children with OME have fluid filling the middle ear. Children with AOM have fluid in the middle ear and<\/em><\/strong> ear pain, marked redness of the eardrum, and distinct bulging of the eardrum, often with fever.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it is common practice for well-meaning physicians to prescribe antibiotics for ear infections. We know that a child who has received two or three courses of antibiotics is seven times more likely to become infected with resistant bacteria. This problem is much worse when the child has been on been on a broad-spectrum antibiotic (an antibiotic that is effective against a wide range of bacterial species). Whenever antibiotics are used, the most sensitive bacteria die first, and the most resistant live to reproduce. When broad-spectrum antibiotics are misused, very resistant strains of bacteria can be bred.<\/p>\n

A single dose of some powerful antibiotic drugs is enough to kill most of the weaker bacteria in your child’s body, yet still allow the stronger ones to survive. The likelihood of your child’s getting a subsequent, worse ear infection only increases after this treatment.<\/p>\n

Not to mention the effect that the antibiotic has on the probiotics that should be naturally prevalent in the body, especially the colon. This imbalance between \u2018anti\u2019 and \u2018pro\u2019 biotic (bio = life)<\/p>\n

Drug-resistant bacteria, aka \u201csuper bugs\u201d , pose a very real problem. Streptococcus pneumoniae, <\/em>or pneumococcus,<\/em> is the most common cause of ear infections.\u00a0 Over the past years, resistant strains of pneumococcus<\/em> have been emerging and spreading rapidly.<\/p>\n

This will often lead to ear tubes, which bypass the body\u2019s natural defence system called the ear drum. Repeated use of ear tubes, as the child outgrows them, can result in permanent scarring of the eardrum.<\/p>\n

Compare this to having a leak in your roof, which is causing water to drip into your house. Instead of fixing the leak, you attach a pipe to drain off the excess water.<\/p>\n

A more sensible approach is to look to the cause of the ear infections, eliminate the infection naturally, and support the immune system.<\/p>\n