Frequent Infections May Be A Sign Of Immunodeficiency

Children who get frequent infections, such as ear infections, sinusitis or pneumonia, may have a more severe condition called immunodeficiency, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
Patients who have immunodeficiency have infections that usually do not go away without using antibiotics and often recur within one or two weeks after antibiotic [...]

Link Between Middle Ear Infection And Air Pollution

For the first time a systematic study which has just been published by epidemiologists of the GSF – Research Center for Environment and Health together with Dutch scientists finds associations between the onset of middle ear infections during the first two years of life and traffic-related air pollutants to which they are exposed.
In view of [...]

Flu Help Is On The Way

Queensland has been gripped by one of the worst flu seasons in years, leaving many patients with secondary bacterial infections.
Despite, the Australian Medical Association urging people to be vaccinated against the flu every year, many don’t take heed. And if luck doesn’t prevail and an infection develops antibiotics become the treatment of choice.
However, behind the [...]

Resistant Biofilm Bacteria, Chronic Middle Ear Infections And Antibiotics Linked

A groundbreaking study makes a definitive statement against the use of antibiotics to treat children with Chronic Otitis Media.
Direct evidence of bacterial biofilms has been found on the middle ear tissue of children who suffer from chronic ear infections, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by [...]

Most Ear Infections Host Both Bacteria And Viruses

Ear infections are among the most common diseases seen in pediatric practice. They have generally been considered bacterial diseases and are therefore usually treated with antibiotics. New research, published in the December 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and currently available online, provides evidence that viruses are found in a great many ear infection cases [...]

Breast-Feeding Overcomes A Genetic Tendency Toward Ear Infections

Breast-feeding protects children otherwise made susceptible to ear infections by abnormalities in specific human genes, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered.
About 19 percent of children are prone to chronic and recurrent ear infections (known to physicians as “otitis media”). These infections can interfere with language development and lead to [...]

Children Prone to Ear Infections Have High Rates of Disease Producing Bacteria

Children who are prone to frequent ear infections may have a high number of potentially infectious bacteria and a relatively low number of protective bacteria in their noses, according to a study in the June issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Smoking is associated with an increased risk of [...]

Ear infection and asthma link in kids

Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting children in the United States. A new study, led by Kamal Eldeirawi, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, shows children who have multiple ear infections in early childhood are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma.
The study included 7,538 children between 2 and 11 [...]

Gastroeosphageal Reflux, Middle Ear Infection Associated in Children

Does gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) lead to middle ear infections in young children? Otitis media (OM) or ear infection, has the highest incidence, 62.9 percent, among all medical conditions in children younger than age five. Recent studies have suggested that GERD may cause OM.
Previous research into GERD revealed that regurgitation of breast-milk or formula was [...]