Discuss all your care options with your healthcare provider when your child has an ear infection with complications. After the fever and pain is gone, your child will be able to return to school. Antibiotic treatment will need to continue and you may want to meet with the school nurse about medication times. Difficulty hearing in class is the biggest problem for children with ear infection and the fluid that sometimes remains. Your child may not understand instructions and assignments and you can ask the teacher to send them home in written form so you can help your child with any confusion about school work.
All children are at risk for ear infections and other conditions that cause ear ache.
Children falling into the following groups are at a higher risk. Discuss any questions with your child's physician or healthcare provider. You are visitor number to this page since Jan 12, 1999.