ear tubes in 4yr old

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On Feb 29, 7:46 am, wrote:
My 4 yr old is having ear infection and for last few months (4 months
to be precise) he has been under some nasal spray medicine. Last week
the ENT specialist asked us to go with tubes. He did hearing test and
found that there is a loss of hearing for 30 decibals(no sure if I am
right about the units though ) According to him my son has fluid in
the (middle ) ear and tubes shall remove all the fluid and hearing
will be restored.

My son has no problems hearing and talks well

My questions :
I am scared of the surgery especially the ansthesia part.
Should I be worried? The idea of having my son under anesthesia is
scaring me. Will he be alright? God forbid if something were to
happen
to him I won't be able to live.I love him more than anything in this
world. I am very worried
Should I ask doc to put him under anti-biotics? Will it dry the fluid
and we can avoid surgery? Or am I worried for nothing?

Please any thoughts , experiences will help.

Appreciate you reading my message.

You don't need to put tubes in his ears. There is another process,
which was done to me personally. I grew up with constant ear aches,
ear infections, trouble hearing, and the initial recommendation was
for (the barbaric) tubes in the ears.

Why do you consider tubes "barbaric?"


An older doctor at the
Children's Hospital, took a culture from my throat, and made it into a
serum and injected me with it. It boosted my immunity system, and the
problem corrected itself.

There is no way that I would allow this to be done to my child.


Commonly, doctors were also giving me antibiotics all the time, which
was also part of the problem. They make your immunity system week.
My father made the decision to take me off of the antibiotics
completely. For about a month, I was sick as a dog, then I started to
get better as my immunity system took over. Over 50 now, I'm very
healthy and never get sick almost ever, when people get sick around
me. I don't use those flu vaccines at all.
Some doctors will know about this procedure, but not too many. They
just don't do it anymore, because it is more expensive. Do some
research, you'll find what I'm talking about.
Toodles, Fred )

On Feb 29, 4:46 am, wrote:
My 4 yr old is having ear infection and for last few months (4 months
to be precise) he has been under some nasal spray medicine. Last week
the ENT specialist asked us to go with tubes. He did hearing test and
found that there is a loss of hearing for 30 decibals(no sure if I am
right about the units though ) According to him my son has fluid in
the (middle ) ear and tubes shall remove all the fluid and hearing
will be restored.

My son has no problems hearing and talks well

My questions :
I am scared of the surgery especially the ansthesia part.
Should I be worried? The idea of having my son under anesthesia is
scaring me. Will he be alright? God forbid if something were to
happen
to him I won't be able to live.I love him more than anything in this
world. I am very worried
Should I ask doc to put him under anti-biotics? Will it dry the fluid
and we can avoid surgery? Or am I worried for nothing?

Please any thoughts , experiences will help.

Appreciate you reading my message.

Probably what's happening is that the infection is long gone but the
fluid just won't go away. In that case more antibiotics won't help.
In other kids what happens is that the fluid takes so long to clear,
and the infections are so frequent, that there's usually or always
fluid there.

You're not worried for nothing. Anesthesia is scary and carries some
risks. As reassurance, the anesthesia required for ear tubes is
relatively light. Your child will still be "out", but the level of
anesthesia required to keep someone "out" for a 20 minute non-painful
procedure is quite different from that required for a nine-hour deep
abdominal operation. Any time a kid goes under anesthesia for
anything it's much better for the anesthesiologist to be a fellowship-
trained (ie board-certified or eligible) pediatric anesthesiologist,
not one who works mainly with adults.

Fortunately this isn't a life-or-death situation, and there's no
urgency to deciding. So you can weigh the second opinion too. But it
sounds like you've already tried medical treatment with the ENT and it
hasn't really fixed the problem, so in the end it may be worth doing.

Kate, ignorant foot soldier of the medical cartel
and the Bug, 4 and a half
and something brewing, 4/08

On Feb 29, 7:46�am, wrote:
My 4 yr old is having ear infection and for last few months (4 months
to be precise) he has been under some nasal spray medicine. Last week
the ENT specialist asked us to go with tubes. He did hearing test and
found that there is a loss of hearing for 30 decibals(no sure if I am
right about the units though ) According to him my son has fluid in
the (middle ) ear and tubes shall remove all the fluid and hearing
will be restored.

My son has no problems hearing and talks well

My questions :
I am scared of the surgery especially the ansthesia part.
Should I be worried? The idea of having my son under anesthesia is
scaring me. Will he be alright? God forbid if something were to
happen
to him �I won't be able to live.I love him more than anything in this
world. I am very worried
Should I ask doc to put him under anti-biotics? Will it dry the fluid
and we can avoid surgery? Or am I worried for nothing?

Please any thoughts , experiences will help.

Appreciate you reading my message.

All of my nephews and some of my nieces have had tubes placed at
varying ages, anywhere from 4 months (which isn't the norm) to 3
years. They've had them in varying durations also.

If a specialist is recommending them, then that is probably the way to
go. There are risks with any procedure, and the professionals
therefore don't take them lightly, especially when children are
involved. I have read articles about children who have developed fatal
and antibiotic-resistant illnesses after prolonged/excessive use of
antibiotics too, so that is nothing to desire either.

Have they tried Nasonex yet? One of it's off-label uses is that it's been
shown to improve eustasian tube function, and therefore help fluid to clear
and stay clear.

My DD was at the point of probably getting tubes, and Nasonex solved the
problem without issue. Since her father has permanent tubes due to complete
Eustasian tube shutdown on one side, and it looked like DD was going the
same way, the goal wasn't as much to avoid surgery ONCE as the fear that it
would be needed again and again (and, in DH's case, the long-term ear
problems have caused hearing loss over time).