Recurrent Ear Infection
Many of the patients in any pediatrician’s
office are there for recurrent ear infection (called otitis media).
Allergy plays a significant role in otitis media. In fact, as many
as 79 percent of children with chronic ear infections have confirmed
allergic rhinitis.1 And many researchers have made a strong
connection between food allergies and recurrent ear infections.
Talk to your doctor. He or
she can help you get to the cause of your child’s allergy-like symptoms.
References
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Diseases
of the Atopic Diathesis. Milwaukee, Wis: AAAAI; 2000. The
Allergy Report. Vol 2:33,111.
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