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Tympanoplasty Surgery
Read all 6 responses: "My son just had this surgery done before Thanksgiving. ... My dad had a busted eardrum as a kid and no hearing loss in that ear. ...
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- Hi, The eardrum is only 3 layers of skin cells thick. Many people have tubes put in and the holes grow closed fine. I had tubes twice and didn't have a problem....
- Hi M., I had this procedure done when I was 10. I'd had tubes at 7 and the hole had never closed up. During those three years I had numerous infections and I lost...
- I worked in the ENT field for 12 years and I have heard of this happening often. I am sorry that this happened to your baby. I would get him help right away with the...
How to deal with a lump behind the ear?
I have a small hard lump behind my right ear. I have had it for at least several years, but recently is has flaired ... restaurant san antonio · ear surgery ...
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- B., My son gets these all the time. Every once in awhile it gets pretty infected and he has to get it lanced and take anti-biotics. It is kinda assumed that nutri...
- My daughter had a lump under her chin. The Dr. said it was a sebaceous cyst. Then about 5 months later it was huge, swollen and hot when you touched it. They said...
- cyst's can also be the cause
Ear Plugs for Swimming
The doctor told us that we didn't need to worry about ear plugs unless we ... J. , we had that surgery done on our oldest son, we found that they also sold ...
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- My son also has tubes. There is a great ear plug called Doc's proplugs. We bought them from the doctors office, but you can order them online www.proplugs.com. You ...
- Well luckly now days you have many more choice's unlike when I was a kid it was silly putty and a horrible swim cap with flowers on it. Anyway my son always gets swimm...
- J. Our son had holes in his ear drum and we went to the audiologist and they made customized ear plugs so the water would not get into the ears. They have really coo...
Ear Infections
The tubes are meant to fall out so that as they out grow the problem, they don't have an open ear canal. Until the surgery, it's okay to use tylenol or ...
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- My husband and step son get ear infections a lot. Must run in the family. Anyway, since I work with an international wellness company, they suggest using Melaleuca oil...
- My heart goes to you because I know for a fact that ear infections is one of the must painfull infections, specially in chinldren. The only thing I can tell you is to ...
- I highly recommend seeing a chiropractor experienced with infants. I would have never believed this if we did not experience it. My son had 10 antibiotics in the first...
To Get Ear Tubes or to Not Get Ear Tubes
My second child had several ear infections starting at just a few months old till 18 months old when he got the surgery. The last ear infections were so bad ...
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- wow I live in Deep Creek as well! We ar epractically neighbors! My name is J. and I have 2 girls-NAtalie 2 1/2 and Abigail 1. NAtlaie started getting ear infections at...
- Please get the tubes! My son had to get them in, and we waited, and waited, and you are right, their speech will be impaired because they are not hearing all of the so...
- Alright, I just clicked respond without looking to see what others wrote first so forgive me if this is just repitition. I have had tubes twice and my middle brother h...
Ear Tubes
Once he had the ear tubes inserted which the procedure only takes about 45 minutes at day surgery, the ear infections are gone. The ear tubes are very tiney ...
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- L., My daughter was similar to your son, having ear infection after ear infection and received tubes at 11 months. It was tough on me, but a life saver for my daught...
- Hi L., It sounds like you are getting feedback on the tubes. You may want to get on board with some treatment from a preventative standpoint. 6 months of antibiotic...
- Hi L., I completely understand your fear. When my daughter was fourteen months old we decided to go ahead and get tubes put in her ears after several ear infection...
Surgery Expectations
I am apprehensive about the surgery for obvious reasons but I would like some .... because of his ear infections by six months post surgery his hearing had ...
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- J. - my daughter had the surgery for tubes when she was 23 months old. She had recurrent infections. The surgery was very quick, but she didn't have her adenoids remov...
- I went through this with my best friend and her son. she just doesn't handle this stuff well so it was actually very interesting to be allowed to go through this with ...
- my son had the tubes put in when he was 17 months. The surgery literally took 15 minutes and everything was fine. The only thing that is hard is when he comes out of...
Ear Tubes
Well, my little girl got the surgery done. It went quite well. She had more " stuff" in the right ear than the left. She didn't care for the ear drops ...
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- My youngest had tubes put in in Jan. Out of habit now he does rub his ears. He is doing well. The surgery/procedure took about 10mins. They only things was when he was...
- My son had ear tubes put in when he was 3, and hasn't had an ear infection since. It can be a little nerve racking because it is surgery, but my son came through just ...
- My son had tubes put in at 9 months. (My history and the fact he had 5 infections by 8 months) I knew the doc was great and I knew about the procedures having been t...
Advice on How to Prep for Surgery
He had 3 sets of tubes over the years and one surgery for on infection in the ear canal. Your hospital might have a liason (sp) that works with kids coming ...
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- My daughter (now 10) had numerous ENT procedures the first at 9 months. Her adenoids were removed around the age of 4. We have always dealt with new issues through edu...
- My son is 2 1/2 and just recently had this same surgery. We prepped him not by going through all the motions because we weren't going to a hopsital just a same day su...
- I would prepare her by getting another opinion - a holistic one. Most children with ear infections are suffering from allergies and the need for chiropractic manipulat...
Ear Tubes and Adnoid Removal
Oftentimes, they have to go with general because the child needs to be totally still for the surgery. Especially something involving the ear, head. ...
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- My 3 year old daughter also snores and had some issues with her hearing test. The first ENT we saw recommended a tonsilectomy, adenoidectomy and tubes immediately and...
- I wouldn't be too worried about it. And I know that you still will but hear me out. My son had his first set of tubes at 7 weeks old that means he had general anesthia...
- My daughter had tubes put in which did not do the trick thus we did it again. this time we removed the adnoids and ever since then we've had no more runny noses and sh...
