Thursday, March 1, 2012

How To Prevent Chronic Ear Infection With Regular Chiropractic Care

By Mike Pritsker


Why are younger children more susceptible to ear infections? It is because they have smaller Eustachian tube when compared with an adult's tube. As a result of this, whenever a child catches a cold, it is difficult to drain the fluid and thus the Eustachian tubes are blocked, resulting in accumulation of fluid in the middle ear and thus the infection.

The children's Eustachian tube (tube that links the pharynx to the middle ear) is smaller in diameter when compared with an adult's tube. For this reason, younger children are more susceptible to ear infections. Typically, this results to difficulty of draining the fluid whenever the child experiences or gets cold. If a misalignment of a vertebrae exist, it will press on the Eustachian tubes and prevent the middle ear from draining. Fluid will continually build up in the middle ear and infections will reoccur. If this is left untreated, it may lead to damage of the ear drums which in turn would result to deafness.

Doctors will immediately provide antibiotics for children with ear infections. However, antibiotics can only be effective for bacterial ear infections and not on viral conditions. And although medication can cure bacterial infections, they cannot ultimately stop its reoccurrence. In addition, excessive antibiotic intake can lead to the development of a more serious drug-resistant infection. A child who experiences this ailment may possibly need to undergo some surgical management requiring general anesthesia. Obviously, this does not sound pleasant to both parents and child.

For parents who can't bear subjecting their child to ear tubes and surgery at such young age, can consider trying chiropractic rehabilitation. Chiropractic rehabilitation is an option that is more conventional and appeasing. A chiropractor will manipulate bones of the neck and spine in order to unblock the fluids that caused infection in the ear. This chiropractic rehabilitation will correct any misalignments, known as subluxations, in the musculoskeletal system. As a result, the drainage of fluid from the middle ear would return to normal.

Chiropractic rehabilitation is a conservative, drugless, natural, and affordable option of curing your child with a history of chronic ear infections. Many parents can testify how chiropractic therapy helped their child become well again. Furthermore, they can testify how chiropractic prevented reoccurrence of the infection.

In conclusion, parents know how hard it is for their children to experience ear infections. They cannot bear to see their children in pain. Early and prompt treatment is necessary to avoid serious complications that can lead to a full blown ear infection. Many parents can testify how chiropractic care helped their children from ear infections. Not only can chiropractic therapy correct the condition, it can also prevent future ear infections.




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