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Article: Children's all-too-common ear infections.
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- December 1, 1987
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Children's All-Too-Common Ear Infections
"She underwent a complete personality change," a mother recounted of her daughter's ear infection. "She's normally a smiley baby, but once her ear got infected she cried and cried and nothing could console her."
These painful ear infections, which can turn a tiny, sweet Dr. Jekyll into a raging Mr. Hyde and drive parents crazy, are second in frequency to colds in infants and toddlers. The statistics are staggering: One out of three sick children corralled in a pediatrician's waiting room has an ear infection. Half of all children will have an ear infection before their first birthday, and nearly 90 percent by ...