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Article: Ask Doctor Cory.(ear infections; asthma; boils)
- Article from:
- Children's Digest
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
- Author:
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Dear Dr. Cory:
When I was little I had a lot of ear infections. But now I don't get very many. How come I don't get as many ear infections as I used to?
Shelby Barton
Libby, Montana
Dear Shelby:
You show signs of becoming a good researcher! You are right; the number of ear infections usually begins to decrease as a child reaches school age. This is because the ear structures have begun to grow, becoming more like those of an adult.
In a young child, the eustachian (yoo-STAY-shun) tube, which connects the middle ear to the back of the nose and throat, is short, narrow and positioned horizontally. An adult's ...