Recurrent Ear Infections
Healthy Lifestyle Tips
When parents smoke, their children are more likely to have recurrent ear infections.23 It is important that children are not exposed to passive smoke.
Humidifiers are sometimes used to help children with recurrent ear infections, and animal research has supported this approach.24 Nonetheless, human research studying the effect of humidity on recurrent ear infections has yet to conclusively show that use of humidifiers is of significant benefit.
Use of pacifiers in infants increases the risk of ear infections.25,26,27
Practitioners of spinal manipulation recommend chiropractic as a treatment for ear infections, though this has not been well demonstrated in research.