7 articles from our doctors on ear infections in children, newest first.
The infection is gone but your child still tugs at their ear, still sleeps restlessly, still seems off balance. The swelling itself, and the drainage that isn't happening, may be the real story.
Ringing, buzzing, or a whooshing sound with no clear source is more common in kids than most parents realize, and it rarely comes up on its own at a checkup.
Most children have an ear infection at some point before age three. The worry many parents don't think to ask about is whether repeated infections can affect hearing down the line.
Ear pain has a way of flaring up at night and on weekends, right when it is hardest to get seen. Here is a practical, drug-free list of comfort measures to start right now.
One ear infection turns into round after round of antibiotics. A few years later, asthma enters the conversation. Here is the actual escalation path in between, and where it can be interrupted.
One round of antibiotics clears the ear infection, then a few weeks later it is back. If your child seems to catch every one that goes around, drainage and nervous system regulation may be part of the picture.
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