Ear Infections: A Poll

[peachey]

This is a poll so if you are in the app switch to web view to see.

I am asking because I read somewhere that by 18 months 80% of kids will have had an ear infection.

[cl8badb]

None so far. ::knocks in wood::

[colieann31]

One that didn't clear up and resulted in a double. Would that count as 2 or 3? I voted 2 lol

[daffy2k]

2. Both came after she had been sick for a couple days, and both were after she turned a year. My theory is basically that she is so much stronger and harder to wrangle that I really couldn't suck her nose out properly anymore without assistance (both times the first few days of the cold DH hasn't been home) so we've wiped and tried to suck as best we could but I don't think her sinuses get clear enough causing the infection. When she was smaller it was much more doable for me to hold her down and suck it out on my own. This time around we've been working much harder at blowing her own nose. She's getting pretty good at it, so hoping that makes the difference going forward.

[peachey]

Jan 29, 2015 12:34:58 GMT -5 mcbush said:

Jan 29, 2015 12:28:15 GMT -5 peachey said:

This is a poll so if you are in the app switch to web view to see.

I am asking because I read somewhere that by 18 months 80% of kids will have had an ear infection.

They are super common because the tubes that drain from your ears to your throat, in children are flat across like a T, as we age and the anatomy grows, they move into a Y shape and drain better. As a T the gunk tends to settle and cause the infection.

And I'd be willing to bet that most kids get them and they are mild and undiagnosed and go away on their own sometimes too.

That is great explanation. I wonder if E has had one that cleared up quickly on it's own.

[daffy2k]

I was typing when you posted, but that explanation makes a lot of sense and is right in line with my theory on Madeline's mcbush. Thanks!

[michelin82]

We've had 6+ diagnosed EIs (I lost track, to be honest). We got tubes in July. They've helped a bit - but he still had 3 infections after the tubes. At least they didn't cause pain (the tubes allow the pressure-building fluid to drain to prevent pain) and we could treat them with drops instead of an oral antibiotic.

[trutru127]

We were diagnosed with 1 before 18 months that I don't count because I think his ears were just red from crying and it was a convenient care dr when he was about 4 months old. Other than than none until he was 18 months old, but have had 2 since then.

[peachey]

Jan 29, 2015 12:40:47 GMT -5 michelin82 said:

We've had 6+ diagnosed EIs (I lost track, to be honest). We got tubes in July. They've helped a bit - but he still had 3 infections after the tubes. At least they didn't cause pain (the tubes allow the pressure-building fluid to drain to prevent pain) and we could treat them with drops instead of an oral antibiotic.

You have all my sorries. I am glad the tubes helped a bit. I had a ton of ear infections between 6-12 and now I wonder why I never got tubes. I think the doctor was old school, I rememeber him using a vaccuum to clean my ears.

[stargazer763]

None that I know of, but now I'm always vigilant after hearing about these "silent ear infections." G loves to pull on his ears, though, which makes me more nervous all the time.

[graceinca]

One. It didn't hurt her at all and she showed no signs of discomfort. We never would have known she had it if the doctor hadn't seen it during a routine checkup, and it was gone by the time we had the follow up appointment.

[musicalsilver]

Just one. LO woke up in the MOTN with a fever, but didn't have any symptoms beyond that.

[lizzybizzy]

None (that I know of).

[lioness13]

My DH had tubes when he was a baby so I worried about it but KJ hasn't had one.

[doodletwins]

DS has had 2 ear infections. The first he had when he got croup last winter. The second was about a month later. Luckily, none since then.

DD hasn't had any that we know of.

[skk]

So far B hasn't had any that we know of.

[kames12]

We've had 2, one at 9 months that took 2 rounds of antibiotics and another at 18 months

[42butterflies]

Just the one about a year ago.

DS had more than I can remember and had tubes. Luckily it seems that DD doesn't have the same issues!

[heelibrarian]

2 (I think?). Funny, cause DS didn't get his first one until he was 4!

[peachey]

I love that the polls give you percentages.

[huckleberry08]

Six ear infections, usually in both ears, usually accompanied by an eye infection, the first of which was when he was only 10 weeks old and the last of which lasted four months straight. We got tubes last May and haven't regretted it one single second. No more ear infections. It's amazing.

[stilettoleto]

Little man just had his first one 3 weeks ago ? a double one at that

[michelin82]

I'm so amazed by the fact that "0" is winning out by a pretty good margin!

I guess I'm in my own ear infection bubble since both boys struggled with multiple bad EIs.

Like huckleberry08, we haven't regretted the tubes for a single moment. In fact, with DS2, we noticed an immediate impact on him. By the time we got home from his procedure, he was already vocalizing more because he could actually hear. Poor little dude had so much fluid in his ears at all times that he couldn't hear well until the tubes were placed and everything drained!

[majwv8]

Jan 29, 2015 16:30:19 GMT -5 michelin82 said:

I'm so amazed by the fact that "0" is winning out by a pretty good margin!

You have to consider every that voted 1, 2, 3, tubes as yeses and they add to much more than the zero votes. 

[michelin82]

Jan 29, 2015 16:32:28 GMT -5 majwv8 said:

Jan 29, 2015 16:30:19 GMT -5 michelin82 said:

I'm so amazed by the fact that "0" is winning out by a pretty good margin!

You have to consider every that voted 1, 2, 3, tubes as yeses and they add to much more than the zero votes. 

Very true - but I was still surprised by that many 0 votes!

[amiet79]

DD has never had any. DS had 3 I think by the time he was 18 months.

[melohdy]

Lilly had one-double ear infection in December. She had no symptoms

[nursemommy13]

None! Even with all of her colds, none ever ended with an ear infection. Thank goodness!

She has had her ears scraped out a couple of times for wax build up. That was fun.... Not.

[peachey]

Jan 29, 2015 19:17:15 GMT -5 nursemommy13 said:

None! Even with all of her colds, none ever ended with an ear infection. Thank goodness!

She has had her ears scraped out a couple of times for wax build up. That was fun.... Not.

Every doctor E has seen says he has a lot of ear wax, but none have ever suggested anything other then mineral oil. I wonder if he needs his cleaned out?

[nachellebeck]

1 diagnosed.


But K was hospitalized for that stupid bacterial infection...I'd almost take more of his ear infections than spending another 2 days in the hospital...