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Guidelines For Maintaining Ear Health In Children
Ear infections are common in children and should be addressed promptly with medical advice to avoid complications such as hearing loss. Here are practical guidelines based on advice from paediatric healthcare providers.
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Doctors In Portugal Find Flesh-Eating Maggots Feasting On Man's Eardrum
Doctors in Portugal found a 64-year-old man's ear infested with flesh-eating maggots after he went to the hospital complaining of pain, itching and bleeding.
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Ear Infection: Here's Everything You Need To Know
Ear infections can be acute or chronic. Cold, sinus, mucus secretion, change in air pressure can lead to ear infection. Read here to know all about ear infection.
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Cold And Ear Infection In Toddlers: Know How To Spot The Signs
Cold and ear infection: It is common for a cold with simple symptoms like sneezing, nasal blockage, runny rose, sore throat and cough to translate into an ear discomfort. But in some cases this discomfort in the ear can be a sign of ear infection. Here's how.
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6 Simple Home Remedies For Ear Infections
Ear infections are more common in children because their eustachian tubes are shorter than adults. Here are top 6 home remedies for ear infections
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Beware! Cotton Ear Buds May Be Harmful for Your Children
Cotton ears buds can cause more harm to children than do good. This common cleaning tool has the potential to cause minor to severe injury to the ear, warn researchers.
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Reducing Antibiotic Course May Harm Kids With Ear Infections: Study
New York: Reducing the duration of antibiotics course to treat children with ear infections may result in worse clinical outcomes without reducing the risk of drug resistance or adverse events, researchers have warned. Acute otitis media is a bacterial infection of the middle ear behind the ear drum which causes it to become painfully inflamed. T...
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New Antibiotic Gel May Cure Ear Infections In Children: Study
A single dose of a bioengineered gel, developed by US researchers, could deliver a full course of antibiotic therapy for a common childhood ear infection, a preclinical study has found.
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Home Remedies for Ear Pain: 5 Things That Bring Relief
Ear pain can be sharp and piercing. There are many home remedies for ear pain that can give you relief at home.
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Smartphones Can Help Diagnose Ear Infections
Scientists have developed a new cloud-based software that can quickly and accurately diagnose ear infections using a smartphone.
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Breastfeeding, Vaccinations Can Cut Ear Infections in Babies
Ear infections in young infants who are under six months old are at an increased risk of having the infection recurrently later in life.
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Breastfeeding, Vaccinations Cut Ear Infections In Babies: Study
Higher rates of breastfeeding, use of vaccinations and lower rates of smoking by mothers have reduced the rates of ear infections during the first year of a baby, finds a new study.
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Good Bacteria May Help Prevent Pneumonia, Says New Study
The presence of a harmless bacterium found in the nose and on the skin may negatively impact the growth of a pathogen that commonly causes middle ear infections in children and pneumonia in children and older adults, says a new study.
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Type of ear infection makes children obese
Chronic middle-ear infections in children are linked to alterations in taste buds that change their sensitivity to certain foods.
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Air pollution linked to babies' ear infection risk
Babies and toddlers who live in areas with moderate air pollution have a higher risk of middle-ear infection than those breathing clean air.
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Guidelines For Maintaining Ear Health In Children
Ear infections are common in children and should be addressed promptly with medical advice to avoid complications such as hearing loss. Here are practical guidelines based on advice from paediatric healthcare providers.
-
Doctors In Portugal Find Flesh-Eating Maggots Feasting On Man's Eardrum
Doctors in Portugal found a 64-year-old man's ear infested with flesh-eating maggots after he went to the hospital complaining of pain, itching and bleeding.
-
Ear Infection: Here's Everything You Need To Know
Ear infections can be acute or chronic. Cold, sinus, mucus secretion, change in air pressure can lead to ear infection. Read here to know all about ear infection.
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Cold And Ear Infection In Toddlers: Know How To Spot The Signs
Cold and ear infection: It is common for a cold with simple symptoms like sneezing, nasal blockage, runny rose, sore throat and cough to translate into an ear discomfort. But in some cases this discomfort in the ear can be a sign of ear infection. Here's how.
-
6 Simple Home Remedies For Ear Infections
Ear infections are more common in children because their eustachian tubes are shorter than adults. Here are top 6 home remedies for ear infections
-
Beware! Cotton Ear Buds May Be Harmful for Your Children
Cotton ears buds can cause more harm to children than do good. This common cleaning tool has the potential to cause minor to severe injury to the ear, warn researchers.
-
Reducing Antibiotic Course May Harm Kids With Ear Infections: Study
New York: Reducing the duration of antibiotics course to treat children with ear infections may result in worse clinical outcomes without reducing the risk of drug resistance or adverse events, researchers have warned. Acute otitis media is a bacterial infection of the middle ear behind the ear drum which causes it to become painfully inflamed. T...
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New Antibiotic Gel May Cure Ear Infections In Children: Study
A single dose of a bioengineered gel, developed by US researchers, could deliver a full course of antibiotic therapy for a common childhood ear infection, a preclinical study has found.
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Home Remedies for Ear Pain: 5 Things That Bring Relief
Ear pain can be sharp and piercing. There are many home remedies for ear pain that can give you relief at home.
-
Smartphones Can Help Diagnose Ear Infections
Scientists have developed a new cloud-based software that can quickly and accurately diagnose ear infections using a smartphone.
-
Breastfeeding, Vaccinations Can Cut Ear Infections in Babies
Ear infections in young infants who are under six months old are at an increased risk of having the infection recurrently later in life.
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Breastfeeding, Vaccinations Cut Ear Infections In Babies: Study
Higher rates of breastfeeding, use of vaccinations and lower rates of smoking by mothers have reduced the rates of ear infections during the first year of a baby, finds a new study.
-
Good Bacteria May Help Prevent Pneumonia, Says New Study
The presence of a harmless bacterium found in the nose and on the skin may negatively impact the growth of a pathogen that commonly causes middle ear infections in children and pneumonia in children and older adults, says a new study.
-
Type of ear infection makes children obese
Chronic middle-ear infections in children are linked to alterations in taste buds that change their sensitivity to certain foods.
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Air pollution linked to babies' ear infection risk
Babies and toddlers who live in areas with moderate air pollution have a higher risk of middle-ear infection than those breathing clean air.
