Treating otitis media in children and infants

Abstract

Otitis media (OM) or middle ear infection is a common condition in children and infants and can manifest from birth, with the peak incidence of infections occurring in children aged 3–18 months. The standard allopathic medical approach is prescription of antibiotics, although the most common causes of otitis are bacteria which frequently show resistance to several types of antibiotics.

The wholistic treatment of otitis in children is an important option as the use of essential oils for treating OM is fast, effective and usually elicits a long-term or permanent remission and the treatment protocol is easy to manage requiring no special skills on the part of the care-giver. Moreover, if we consider that antibiotic resistant bacteria could be the cause of the infection, it makes sense from a health perspective to use alternative treatments before, or along with, allopathic treatment with pharmaceutical antibiotics or other methods.