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Avoiding Antibiotics
New Guidelines for Ear Infections
By Kelly Burgess
Other issues that are addressed in the new ear infection guidelines are some of the environmental factors that contribute to ear infections. These include the prevalence of ear infections in children in daycare situations, in lower income households and in bottle-fed babies. Again, it may be tough to convince some parents that their baby may just be healthier at home.
Dr. Ari Brown, a pediatrician in Austin, Texas, and the author of Baby 411:Clear Answers and Smart Advice for Your Baby's First Year (Windsor Peak Press, 2004), says she knows it's tough to ask a working parent to change their lifestyle based upon ear infection rates, but, like anything else, sometimes a cost-benefit analysis shows that staying at home is more cost-effective when you factor in lost work days.
Aside from daycare, other environmental
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