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Can ear infections be helped without drugs or surgery? Part 2

What can you do if your child already has a full blown ear infection? Do you have no other choice but to use antibiotics?

Antibiotics are necessary in a few cases when an infection has become too severe. However, as long as the infection hasn't already perforated the ear drum, there is actually a lot you can do with safer options.

And, even the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends letting a child fight the ear infection for 72 hours before administering antibiotics (which in most cases won't help anyway as the majority of ear infections are caused by viruses).

Antibiotics also come with some nasty side-effects such as nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea and rashes. Also, the more you use antibiotics, the more resistant all of the bacteria on and in your body becomes to them.

You can actually make your own natural ear drops by crushing a clove of fresh raw garlic and dissolving it in some olive oil.

Then using a dropper to administer, put a few drops of the oil into the ear canal, a few times a day.

Another option is coconut oil, which has both anti-viral and antimicrobial properties.

And don't forget to get them adjusted by your Pediatric Chiropractor as soon as possible!

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