How Your Chiropractor Can Eliminate Your Child’s Earaches and Ear Infections
Written by ama on July 3rd, 2009 in Health.
Earache is the most common purpose for office visits to pediatricians. More than 70 percent of children will have had at least one earache by the age of three, and nearly one-third will have had three or more earache occurrences. Although, what might be unexpected is that earache is also the most common reason for children under the age of five years to be escorted by parents to the chiropractor’s office.
How Chiropractic Care Can Help Earache and Ear Infections
A pediatrician who determines that a child with an earache has a middle ear infection will normally prescribe antibiotics as a typical course of treatment. New study, however, has determined that this type of treatment is often imprudent. The basis for the child’s middle ear infection may not be due to bacteria, and inasmuch as antibiotics are only effective against bacterial pathogens, quite often there will be no positive response. This is because numerous cases of middle ear infection can be generated by a virus, and viruses do not respond to antibiotics. This may account for why children develop chronic ear infections.
One of the tasks of a Honolulu chiropractor is to ascertain if the body’s inability to combat the earache or ear infection is produced by inflamation of the small nerves in the spine (called free nerve endings).
An undue tension in the small muscles of the neck is produced when these nerve endings are inflammed. This muscle tension can put pressure on the lymphatic drainage ducts resulting in inadequate drainage from inside the ear, thus preventing the body from its ability to naturally rectify the problem. In addition, balance can also be affected.
Inadequate drainage of lymphatic ducts can be identifed by a chiropractor if there is more tension in the neck and paraspinal muscles on the side with the earache. The chiropractor also checks for spinal vertebrae that are either slightly out of alignment or are not moving within their normal range. This condition may have been due to any one of the variety of bangs, jolts and falls that almost all children encounter in the early years of their life. Restoration of normal lymph drainage is normally accomplished with a short course of treatments that include spinal adjustments and manipulation of the neck muscles. If your child is struggling with an earache or an ear infection, call your Honolulu chiropractor as soon as possible.
Advanced Research and Guidelines
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ear infection, the most widespread childhood illness after the common cold, accounts for nearly 30 million doctor visits every year. Furthermore, at least 6 million courses of antibiotics are unnecessarily prescribed for the condition.Not too long ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines for treating pediatric ear inflammation, and specifically recommended a period of “watchful waiting” since, in many cases, infections clear up on their own, without medication.
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) applauds the AAP on the guidelines and underlines that chiropractic treatment is a “good first option” for treating ear infection conservatively. “Doctors of chiropractic have been treating children for decades with great success - helping them to avoid painful ear infections, antibiotic overuse and resistance, and ear tube surgery,” said ACA President Donald Krippendorf, DC. “Particularly when dealing with young children, drugs and surgery should be an absolute last resort.”
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