End of childhood ear infections?

[Dr Mordrid]

http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/03/news/companies/glaxo_vaccine/index.htm

GAWD I certainly hope so. Eldest son Kurt was plagued by them until having surgery to implant ear tubes. Sabrina just missed same. Chris and Erik have fortunately missed out on this problem.

Dr. Mordrid

[RhinoZ]

You said it Doc,
My girls had a few of them, no where as serious as your grandkids, but they always happened on Friday nights. Thank you baby advil.

[Dr Mordrid]

Those aren't our grandkids, they're our children

Fortunately the grandkids, all 5 of 'em, are so far OK.

Dr. Mordrid

[Wombat]

Man. I had plenty of those as a kid. Unfortunately I just had a bad one last month that ruptured my eardrum. It's supposed to heal, but I'm currently deaf. It sucks.

[Nowhere]

I guess that not long from now, due to eliminating of infections, we'll see how much of this is true:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis

[Helevitia]

Man. I had plenty of those as a kid. Unfortunately I just had a bad one last month that ruptured my eardrum. It's supposed to heal, but I'm currently deaf. It sucks.

Yikes! Sorry to hear that. How long did they say it would take to heal?

[KvHagedorn]

I guess that not long from now, due to eliminating of infections, we'll see how much of this is true:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis

It's almost certainly true. People's immune systems need to be challenged in order to stay strong. Eat a piece of slimy lunchmeat that's way past its expiration date. It's good for you!

[Wombat]

Yikes! Sorry to hear that. How long did they say it would take to heal?

A few weeks to under two months. Tomorrow will be exactly two weeks from when it popped. It's still useless. Took a few days for the infection to go away anyway.

[KvHagedorn]

Just in one ear? Hopefully you will regain your hearing there.