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EAR INFECTION CONNECTED TO MILK???
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drummergirl




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Sep 30 2005, 3:01 am
hiya
I have a 8 month old daughter who had three ear infections each one two weeks after the other I took her to a homeopath her gave her some drops and he also told me to keep her off milk and wheat. the milk I havent kept her off because she is on materna and as ive just moved didnt want to change it but I have kept her off wheat so far and although she has in the meantime had other illnesses she hasnt had an ear infection for about a month. after seeing specialists in israel I would def go and ask to be refered to one in england where I now live if I had this problem again
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ElTam




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Sep 30 2005, 9:41 am
WHenever I or baby have a cold, we cut out dairy. Dairy thickens your mucus which makes it harder to get well and increases the chances of ear infections.
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Pickle Lady




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Sep 30 2005, 9:59 am
My son had numerous ear infections and colds until he was 2. He also had reflux and chrontic diarehea. I finally went took him to an allergist because I thought he might me allergic to milk. BINGO the allergist said he was allergic to milk.

He hasn't has a cold, ear infection, vomited(which he did everyday a few times) or bad diarehea since I strictly took him off milk. I would rather take him away from milk then pump him up with medicines. When I spoke to a baby stomach specialist he said that reflus happens for 2 reasons, 1. food allergy and 2. under developed digestive system.
Saying that you breastfed, doesn't make a difference because what you eat is in your milk. My son had reactions to the milk while I was nursing, it was less severe but he still had a reaction. I hardly drank milk but the times I did he would get a "cold" and be kvetchy, how coincedental. Repeated exposures made my sons allergy worse. When I found out that my son was allergic to milk he was already on high does of an adult reflux medicine. B"H he is now a much more pleasent child and a healthier child that has not taken an antibiotic or reflux medicine since stoppping dairy. My second son I also suspected is allergic to dairy because the only time he ever spit up was during a time the I ate alot of dairy and he hasn't spit up since I stopped dairy.

People think that allergies or food sensitivies are a new thing but I really don't think so, I think people just didn't realize that their child was allergic. Sometimes its a small reaction and no one notices. Just that the baby is crying alot. A baby crying isn't an inconvience but a way for the baby to communicate. It our job as parents to find out whats wrong not to find a way to cope with the crying.

I have numerous friends who were told thier child has reflux only to find out that they were allergic to a certain food.

What can it hurt to stop feeding dairy to a child if the alternative is lots of medicine or surgery. I know that after seeing my son on lots of medicines and a small hospital procedure that they had to put him to sleep for, I am much happier not giving him dairy (much less invasive).

My question is. Why treat the symtoms if you can get rid of the whats making the child sick?
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