Chiropractic Care and Ear Infections


Otitis media, the medical name for ear infection, makes up the second-most common cause for emergency room visits (after fever) in infants less than 12 months old. In children 1-17 years old, ear infection also constitutes the second-most common discharge diagnosis, with the first being superficial injuries and contusions (bruises).

For a time, physicians and pediatricians resorted to the typical go-to of modern medicine: antibiotics. Parents would go home with vials of antibiotics only to see an ear infection develop, yet again. Eventually, the medical community developed the consensus that antibiotics do nothing to treat ear infections.



How Chiropractic Care Improves Ear Infections

Otitis media (an ear infection) is a condition characterized by a buildup of fluid in the middle ear. This can cause discomfort, since the Eustachian tubes that connect the ears to the throat cannot equalize the pressure. Pain, imbalance, temporary hearing impairment, headaches, sleeplessness, and other troubling symptoms result. Since a young child cannot understand these unpleasant, foreign sensations, they can understandably become quite upset.


The results of studies like these show that children have the potential to avoid repeated, ineffective use of antibiotics, and to improve their condition through chiropractic care.  Contact us today so we can become your chiropractor and help with ear infections.