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EAR INFECTIONS ~ A Natural Approach

In my last post I spoke of our kids going back to school and coming home with allergies and colds.  Another problem we see in kids, usually the younger ones, is ear infections.  If you have kids, you know what I am talking about when I describe the blood curdling screams from your child's bedroom in the middle of the night.  You rush in there to find your child screaming and fussy and not really sure what is wrong.  They may or may not have an elevated temperature and no matter what you try, they are still in pain.  So, to get your child relief you reach for the OTC pain killer in hopes of relieving their pain.

The pain killer has worked temporarily, now it is time to find the cause of the problem.  In cases such as these there are a couple of  devices that can help you find the cause.  I recommend that my parents have a home otoscope to look in the child's ear to determine if there is any redness or swelling of the ear drum.  If you are not comfortable with that device, an ear check monitor, helps to determine if there is an ear infection or not.  Both of these devices are easy to use to detect a problem, now lets look at how to treat it, naturally.

BACK TO SCHOOL TIME ... ARE YOU READY?

Okay,maybe that is a bit premature, but it is not too early to start preparing for it.  What I am talking about is the allergies and colds that seem to accompany the beginning of classes.  Every year during the beginning of the school year, or following summer vacation, we see many children/students who seem to be overcome by allergies or who seem to catch the common cold. 

There are many reasons for this, first, the kids have spent all summer eating all kinds of sugary foods, which lowers their immune function. 

Second, the air-conditioning units in the schools, that have been off all summer are turned on, and all the dust, mold and other debris is blown into the air for our children to breathe.  I believe that the best defense is a good offense, so now's the time to help prepare our kids for this onslaught of symptoms. 

These symptoms, range from   runny noses, itchy eyes, cough, sore throat, asthma, along with extreme fatigue. Some kids even experience ADD and ADHD when introduced into this environment. Most parents just assume that their child's allergies are flaring up due to outdoor pollens. There's been lots of research done on sick school syndrome, if you would like more information on this topic, I encourage you to visit Dr. Doris Rapp's website.

So what can we do to assist our kids so that they don't have to be plagued by the symptoms?  As I mentioned, the best defense is a good offense. 

Now is the time to start doing things to stimulate their immune function such as:

ALLERGIES ~ Are You Suffering Needlessly?

Allergies, sinusitis, head congestion, sinus headache, cold symptoms or any other name you want to call it, You Are Miserable!  The sinus pressure alone is enough to put you to bed for the day. I was an allergy sufferer myself for years before I found out what really caused them.  I got allergy shots 3 times per week, for 3 years during the summer months and it helped a little but never got rid of the symptoms.

Are you even a little curious about what I did to eradicate my allergies all together?  That's right I was allergic to just about everything outdoors, and I worked out there.  My head would fill up, my sinus's would drain, eyes swelled closed, and I sneezed, and sneezed and sneezed. The allergy shots just weren't doing it for me.

It was at that point, I knew I had to do something, traditional medicine just drugged me up, put me to sleep or just made me feel funny all day.  I still sneezed and felt horrible while I was under their care. How Frustrating!

I went to my Alternative Doctor, who later became my mentor, to see if he could help me with my allergies.  His response was surprising to me, he said he didn't treat allergies, but he would be happy to assist me in making my body so strong it would resist the allergens invasion altogether.  I laughed to myself thinking, what do I have to lose.

He said the first step in ridding by body of allergies was to understand where they came from........