Healing Childhood Ear Infections : Prevention, Home Care,
and Alternative Treatment
by Michael A. Schmidt, MD, Doris Rapp, MD
Synopsis
Ear infections are the #1 reason parents bring their children to a doctor. This new revision
of an essential family health reference analyzes in simple language the numerous recent
scientific studies showing that the standard medical treatments for childhood ear
infections are ineffective and perhaps even dangerous, and offers recommendations on
alternative care. Line drawings. Tables.
Ear infections are still the leading reason parents take their child to a doctor. To combat
infections, parents and doctors employ arsenals of antihistimines and antibiotics, and too
quickly resort to ear tubes and surgery. In this updated and revised second edition of his
bestselling Childhood Ear Infections, Dr. Michael Schmidt describes the current
controversy in medical journals questioning existing treatments for chronic earaches. The
causes of otitis media, Dr. Schmidt argues, are a series of events which flourish when
poor nutrition occurs: the immune system is lowered, excess mucus is produced, and
vitamin and mineral absorption is inadequate. Careful attention to diet and nutrition to
prevent food allergies, and the use of acupressure, homeopathic medicine, and herbal
medicine are effective in healing earaches and preventing their recurrence. Healing
Childhood Ear Infections offers the most compelling critique to date of existing treatments
and the effectiveness of alternative therapies.