Guest guest Posted February 14, 2001 Report Share Posted February 14, 2001 Does anyone have any suggestions on what one can do to avoid antibiotics for infections? My daughter is very sick and has a sinus infection, the ped. gave us antibiotics (zithromax, cherry flavored and pink - the ingred. do not list any dyes but it is pink! Dd has an emotional reaction to red #40) I DO NOT want to give this to her, but she feels so bad and is so sick that I'm tempted. Does anyone have any suggestions instead of using antibiotics (which more than likely put us on the diet in the first place). I have heard of warm oil drops in the ear and taking garlic, anything else? She has a slight hearing loss in one ear and I don't want to chance a really bad infection that could make her hearing worse. :-( Catch 22? Thank you in advance, Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2001 Report Share Posted February 15, 2001 Hi Trish, Both my kids had really bad infections--in their ears and throats over the past month and a half. I hate antibiotics and, like you, I am sure the over use of antibiotics did help put my kids on this diet. We tried everything alternative. Grapefruit seed extract is great but I couldn't get the kids to take enough to make it help. We did single remedy homeopathics, we tried combined homeopathic remedies, we did garlic and oil, we did echinacea until an alternative doctor told us that once the infection is deep in your system, you don't want to use echinacea because it won't let the infection out! Echinacea is like a wall--a defense around your body. It can boost your immune system and prevent things from coming in, but then it also makes it hard for things to get out. I tried to ride these infections out as long as we could, but finally we broke down and did the antibiotics. I would not recommend going with the red dye stuff. Have your doctor call a compounding pharmacy, like Hopewell Pharmacy in NJ, 609 466-1960, and they can put together a no sugar, no dye, hypoallergenic suspension for you. They can ship it overnight and you can have it tomorrow. My younger son is on amoxicillan from Hopewell right now, and he is doing very well with it. Also, if you do go with antibiotics, just make sure you have a good strong probiotic. If she already takes one, maybe increase the dose a little. Take it 2 hours before or after the antibiotic if you can, and try to keep her away from as much sugar and yeast as you can. Good luck getting your daughter better-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2001 Report Share Posted February 15, 2001 Echinacea and goldenseal help with ear infections, and garlic oil drops which you can find at your HFS. Also someone posted a while back that taking a bath in vinegar helped with sinus infections. I will look for that post and try to re-post it for you. But I know for a fact the Echinacea and goldenseal work- I had an ear infection a couple weeks ago and this combo knocked it out in 3 days! > Does anyone have any suggestions on what one can do to avoid > antibiotics for infections? My daughter is very sick and has a sinus > infection, the ped. gave us antibiotics (zithromax, cherry flavored > and pink - the ingred. do not list any dyes but it is pink! Dd has > an emotional reaction to red #40) I DO NOT want to give this to her, > but she feels so bad and is so sick that I'm tempted. Does anyone > have any suggestions instead of using antibiotics (which more than > likely put us on the diet in the first place). I have heard of warm > oil drops in the ear and taking garlic, anything else? She has a > slight hearing loss in one ear and I don't want to chance a really > bad infection that could make her hearing worse. :-( Catch 22? > > Thank you in advance, > > Trish > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2001 Report Share Posted February 15, 2001 Silver water is supposed to be the strongest thing there is to fight viral and bacteria infections. It is expensive ($30 a bottle) but will last quite a while, since you generally only take a teaspoon a day. You can put it in the ear to fight the infection, as well as taking it orally. You can gargle with it for sore and infected throats, put it directly on sores or warts. And with silver water there is no concern over it killing good bacteria in the intestines (as there is with grapefruit seed extract). You should be able to find it at health food stores, call ahead and make sure. Also, heat will help fight any infection (which is why we get fevers with infections). Using heating pads over her sinus' and ear will help kill off the infection. My mother was told to sniff salt water into her nose and through to her throat to combat a chronic sinus infection (though I doubt your daughter would do this). Call and talk to several different health food stores, they are generally full of information. And yes, garlic oil drops will kill many infections. > Does anyone have any suggestions on what one can do to avoid > antibiotics for infections? My daughter is very sick and has a sinus > infection, the ped. gave us antibiotics (zithromax, cherry flavored > and pink - the ingred. do not list any dyes but it is pink! Dd has > an emotional reaction to red #40) I DO NOT want to give this to her, > but she feels so bad and is so sick that I'm tempted. Does anyone > have any suggestions instead of using antibiotics (which more than > likely put us on the diet in the first place). I have heard of warm > oil drops in the ear and taking garlic, anything else? She has a > slight hearing loss in one ear and I don't want to chance a really > bad infection that could make her hearing worse. :-( Catch 22? > > Thank you in advance, > > Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2001 Report Share Posted February 15, 2001 Silver water is supposed to be the strongest thing there is to fight viral and bacteria infections. It is expensive ($30 a bottle) but will last quite a while, since you generally only take a teaspoon a day. You can put it in the ear to fight the infection, as well as taking it orally. You can gargle with it for sore and infected throats, put it directly on sores or warts. And with silver water there is no concern over it killing good bacteria in the intestines (as there is with grapefruit seed extract). You should be able to find it at health food stores, call ahead and make sure. Also, heat will help fight any infection (which is why we get fevers with infections). Using heating pads over her sinus' and ear will help kill off the infection. My mother was told to sniff salt water into her nose and through to her throat to combat a chronic sinus infection (though I doubt your daughter would do this). Call and talk to several different health food stores, they are generally full of information. And yes, garlic oil drops will kill many infections. > Does anyone have any suggestions on what one can do to avoid > antibiotics for infections? My daughter is very sick and has a sinus > infection, the ped. gave us antibiotics (zithromax, cherry flavored > and pink - the ingred. do not list any dyes but it is pink! Dd has > an emotional reaction to red #40) I DO NOT want to give this to her, > but she feels so bad and is so sick that I'm tempted. Does anyone > have any suggestions instead of using antibiotics (which more than > likely put us on the diet in the first place). I have heard of warm > oil drops in the ear and taking garlic, anything else? She has a > slight hearing loss in one ear and I don't want to chance a really > bad infection that could make her hearing worse. :-( Catch 22? > > Thank you in advance, > > Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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