• Almost half of all children will have at least one middle ear infection before they're 1-year old.
• Two-thirds of those will have had at least one such infection by age 3.
• Almost half of those will have had repeated bouts. American Academy of Pediatrics Volume 94, Number 5 November 1994.
• Antibiotic treatment of otitis media is no more effective than placebo, and increases the risks of reoccurrence.
  Cantekin EI. Antibiotics to prevent acute otitis media and to treat otitis media with effusion. JAMA 1994; 272(3):203-4 / Medline ID: 94293436
  

Treating the symptoms of ear infections with antibiotics has proven to be ineffective. Correcting the cause through chiropractic has been shown to help over 80% of all children with ear infections.

• 93% of all episodes of otitis media treated with chiropractic care improved, 75% in 10 days or fewer and 43% with only one or two treatments.
• This study's data indicates that limitation of medical intervention and the addition of chiropractic care may decrease the symptoms of ear infection in young children.
  Froehle RM; Ear infection: a retrospective study examining improvement from chiropractic care and analyzing for influencing factors. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1996; 19(3):169-77 / Medline ID: 96294956.

Here's a study that...

• 200 pediatricians and 200 chiropractors surveyed to determine differences found in the health status of their respective children raised under the different health care models
• The 'chiropractic' children showed a 69% otitis media free response, while the 'medical' children only had a 20% otitis media free response.
  van Breda WM; van Breda JM. A comparative study of the health status of children raised under the health care models of chiropractic and allopathic medicine. J Chiro Res 1989; 5:101-3 / Mantis ID: 10048
  
  

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