So I am new to this site and so excited to find it. Anyways my daughter is 6 and on her 2nd set of tubes and had her tonsils removed and she is still getting them. She recently had her worst one yet and was in so much pain for hours until it finally ruptured she was put on antiobotics but now she has a pink drainage from her ear. She has had the drainage before but not pink which I can only imagine is blood. Is that normal? 2nd question, same topic I have recently heard to maybe try bringing her to the chiropractor? Has anyone had luck with this?
my kids were the same way. multiple sets of tubes, tonsils and adenoids removed, but they kept getting ear infections.
maybe the tubes helped. i dunno. they've both got some scarring in their inner ears but had they got even more infections and ruptures they'd have ended up with scarring too.
i think trying a chiro is a good idea. i know several moms in our homeschool group who swore by it for their kids with crappy ears.
khairete
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A chiropractor could probably help a lot! I take both my son's to one and have for almost 10 years now. It has greatly improved their overall health! Also you might look at what she's eating or better yet drinking. My boys would get ear infections anytime they got cows milk. Like sometimes within less than 24 hours.
What did the ENT say when you took her in? I'm confused as to how she would have had a rupture if she currently has tubes. The gunk should have been coming out the tubes, instead of building up to rupture the eardrum - that is the purpose of the tubes. They also should have given you antibiotic ear drops that you can keep on-hand and give as soon as she starts to have ear infection symptoms. You put them in the ear, and they can get in through the tubes to directly treat the infection. If your ENT hasn't given you drops and didn't explain why the tubes aren't working to relieve the pressure and prevent rupture, you need to ask.
That said, have you have your child tested for allergies? Constant allergies (including a possible food allergy) could be an underlying cause of the ear issues. I'd talk to a pediatric allergist about comprehensive allergy testing.
