Guest guest Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hi Christo My 18 year old severely autistic daughter has always had repeated ear infections. She has severe behaviour problems and would never allow the GP to look in her ears. A year or two ago I bought an otoscope from amazon. It was about 30 quid and isn,t anywhere near good as the one the GP uses but I practised looking in Sophies ears every night and gradually she got used to it. She will let anyone look in her ears now. I have noticed she gets loads of thick wax build up really quickly.To help with this I spray some olive oil in her ears every night to keep the wax soft.I have tried stringing with a special syringe (also purchased from amazon) This however has always resulted in an ear canal infection for Sophie so I no longer do this. Using the otoscope I can now recognise when an infection is brewing.Knowing what to do about the infection is a different matter of course as I generally try and avoid antibiotics ( other than those prescribed by Dr G) I have been using mullein flower ear oil from Mandimart to try and sooth as well as ibuprofen. I also bought a thermometer that you put in the ear and monitor her temperature morning and evening to try and monitor how serious the infection is. I think all these ear infections are just a symptom of a shot to pieces immune system. Sorry I am not much help, hope Stephanos is better soon, BW Kath Sent from my iPad > Morning, > just needed some advise please, STephanos shall be 14 in June. Its been a wild 3 years with puberty kicking in... I am sure everyone has there own experience.... The past few days , well 7 days , he started to get very agressive with himself and start hitting the side of his ear... started the pain killers, calpol, and nurofen... he would calm for the time the pain killers were working but go mad again, he goes through the day on regular intervals holding the ear gently , it always seems to be red in colour due to the touching of it, or hotting it...... He wouldnt allow the Dr to look into the ear, and so we started the antibiotic.... after 4 days it does seem better but he still is bothered by the same ear.How can this be, could it be wax, or a sensory thing that is making him get annoyed or could it be that he is still > in pain....what is the best way to deal with this... its quite frightening ......has anyone else ever had similar issues... how to deal.... > > help... thanks > chriso > > > ------------------------------------ > > DISCLAIMER > No information contained in this post is to be construed as medical advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a suitably qualified practitioner. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Chriso,My son is a lot younger (just 7 years old) but he has complained of ear pain and we finally worked out that it was his molars (his furthest back teeth) that were causing " referred pain " that he thought was an earache. My son was insistent that it was an earache but indeed it was his tooth. It may not be the case for your son but it's worth having his teeth checked if that is possible. All the best,Darla 2012/4/25 Chriso Prodromou Morning, just needed some advise please, STephanos shall be 14 in June. Its been a wild 3 years with puberty kicking in... I am sure everyone has there own experience.... The past few days , well 7 days , he started to get very agressive with himself and start hitting the side of his ear... started the pain killers, calpol, and nurofen... he would calm for the time the pain killers were working but go mad again, he goes through the day on regular intervals holding the ear gently , it always seems to be red in colour due to the touching of it, or hotting it...... He wouldnt allow the Dr to look into the ear, and so we started the antibiotic.... after 4 days it does seem better but he still is bothered by the same ear.How can this be, could it be wax, or a sensory thing that is making him get annoyed or could it be that he is still in pain....what is the best way to deal with this... its quite frightening .....has anyone else ever had similar issues... how to deal.... help... thanks chriso ------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER No information contained in this post is to be construed as medical advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a suitably qualified practitioner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 So with his age it could be tooth decay, rather than teething, maybe? Margaret > > Chriso, > My son is a lot younger (just 7 years old) but he has complained of ear > pain and we finally worked out that it was his molars (his furthest back > teeth) that were causing " referred pain " that he thought was an earache. > My son was insistent that it was an earache but indeed it was his tooth. > It may not be the case for your son but it's worth having his teeth > checked if that is possible. > > All the best, > Darla > > 2012/4/25 Chriso Prodromou > > > Morning, > > just needed some advise please, STephanos shall be 14 in > > June. Its been a wild 3 years with puberty kicking in... I am sure everyone > > has there own experience.... The past few days , well 7 days , he started > > to get very agressive with himself and start hitting the side of his ear... > > started the pain killers, calpol, and nurofen... he would calm for the time > > the pain killers were working but go mad again, he goes through the day on > > regular intervals holding the ear gently , it always seems to be red in > > colour due to the touching of it, or hotting it...... He wouldnt allow the > > Dr to look into the ear, and so we started the antibiotic.... after 4 days > > it does seem better but he still is bothered by the same ear.How can this > > be, could it be wax, or a sensory thing that is making him get annoyed or > > could it be that he is still > > in pain....what is the best way to deal with this... its quite frightening > > .....has anyone else ever had similar issues... how to deal.... > > > > help... thanks > > chriso > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > DISCLAIMER > > No information contained in this post is to be construed as medical > > advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a suitably > > qualified practitioner. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 I found that mullein on it's own didn't work here, but we needed the mullein and garlic. You can always add a couple cloves of garlic to the mullein oil for 24 hours. We used it every night for my daughter after a long run of terrible ear infections. While we changed other things to try to address the underlying problems, that usage prevented more occurences. Anita > > > Morning, > > just needed some advise please, STephanos shall be 14 in June. Its been a wild 3 years with puberty kicking in... I am sure everyone has there own experience.... The past few days , well 7 days , he started to get very agressive with himself and start hitting the side of his ear... started the pain killers, calpol, and nurofen... he would calm for the time the pain killers were working but go mad again, he goes through the day on regular intervals holding the ear gently , it always seems to be red in colour due to the touching of it, or hotting it...... He wouldnt allow the Dr to look into the ear, and so we started the antibiotic.... after 4 days it does seem better but he still is bothered by the same ear.How can this be, could it be wax, or a sensory thing that is making him get annoyed or could it be that he is still > > in pain....what is the best way to deal with this... its quite frightening ......has anyone else ever had similar issues... how to deal.... > > > > help... thanks > > chriso > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > DISCLAIMER > > No information contained in this post is to be construed as medical advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a suitably qualified practitioner. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Was thinking maybe teeth..... he lets me have a look and feel inside but its difficukt as we are not dentists....xxxx wikk have to see what our next step shall be thanks Re: ear pain maybe ? Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:55:29 +0100 > Chriso, > My son is a lot younger (just 7 years old) but he has complained of ear > pain and we finally worked out that it was his molars (his furthest back > teeth) that were causing " referred pain " that he thought was an earache. > My son was insistent that it was an earache but indeed it was his tooth. > It may not be the case for your son but it's worth having his teeth > checked if that is possible. > > All the best, > Darla > > 2012/4/25 Chriso Prodromou > > > Morning, > > just needed some advise please, STephanos shall be 14 in > > June. Its been a wild 3 years with puberty kicking in... I am sure everyone > > has there own experience.... The past few days , well 7 days , he started > > to get very agressive with himself and start hitting the side of his ear... > > started the pain killers, calpol, and nurofen... he would calm for the time > > the pain killers were working but go mad again, he goes through the day on > > regular intervals holding the ear gently , it always seems to be red in > > colour due to the touching of it, or hotting it...... He wouldnt allow the > > Dr to look into the ear, and so we started the antibiotic.... after 4 days > > it does seem better but he still is bothered by the same ear.How can this > > be, could it be wax, or a sensory thing that is making him get annoyed or > > could it be that he is still > > in pain....what is the best way to deal with this... its quite frightening > > .....has anyone else ever had similar issues... how to deal.... > > > > help... thanks > > chriso > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > DISCLAIMER > > No information contained in this post is to be construed as medical > > advice. If you need medical advice, please seek it from a suitably > > qualified practitioner. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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