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Inner Ear Infections, Antibiotics No Help

Posted on February 20, 2008

Last Friday we learned that ear infections are over-treated. In case you missed it. Here s a quote from Dr. Fuhrman that helps explain why: Studies show that the majority of ear infections are of viral etiology. For example, 75 percent of pediatric ear infections were caused by common respiratory viruses in a microbiological survey.1 Generally speaking, the use of antibiotics should be reserved for serious or life-threatening infections, not conditions that the body is well-equipped to resolve on its own.Now, here s more reason to hold the antibiotics. New research has determined that anti...

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