unicorn@bmcg.UUCP (08/15/84)
My older daughter began having very serious ear infections at age 2 (she's now 14); they were so serious that we were at the hospital every other week. The doctors were beginning to talk about putting tubes in her ears. A friend (retired nurse) told me what to do on a regular basis to prevent ear infections. It's scary for the child at first, as well as for the adult, but it worked for Kathy: Once or twice a week, depending on my instincts, I put her head on my lap and carefully dropped a few droplets of medicinal peroxide into each ear. The stuff bubbles & makes a "fizzy" noise. Then I carefully swabbed with a Q tip--not penetrating the ear so much as wiping out excess peroxide. The process prevented earaches from age 2 1/2 on. Interestingly enough, the vet told me to do the same thing with our Golden's ear infection last week; after doing so, I put a cortezone type salve into the ear. It also cleared up also immediately. I forgot; this is not net.pets...our Golden is a dog, not a person. Good luck.