Treat Ear Infections Without Antibiotics

by Barbara Minton
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(The Best Years in Life) Few things are worse than the crying in the night signaling an ear infection. Misery, missed school and a trip to the doctor for antibiotics have been standard procedure for decades. But now that the damage to health from antibiotics is known, many parents are looking for another healing method. Chiropractic offers a natural alternative to the medical establishment's "standard of care".

Why do we need an alternative to antibiotics? Probably the primary reason is that antibiotic use leads to resistant bacteria. Antibiotics are never able to kill all the bacteria involved in an infection, instead reducing them to a number that is hopefully manageable by the child's immune system. Bacteria evolve quickly, and random mutations may cause one or two of those that remain to have a gene that protects against antibiotic. The descendants of these mutated bacteria will have developed antibiotic resistance and will be resistant or even immune to that particular antibiotic drug. Read More.