But not just among his patients. Adam alone has had ten. For their father, and their mother, Dawn, it's a constant challenge. You are just protective of your child, especially when it's an ear infection. You're always worried about their hearing.
Ear infections are the most common reason for a visit to the pediatrician.
Yet, there's no strong scientific evidence the drugs really help. Doctor Steven Shelov is a pediatrician and author on child care. We don't have really good objective criteria that everyone agrees to as to who does or doesn't have an ear infection that should or shouldn't be treated with antibiotics. A narrow canal, called the eustachian tube, connects the middle ear to the back of the nasal cavity. The middle ear is separated from the outer ear by the ear drum.