Conventional and naturopathic medicine agree about the actual physiology and pathology of the condition. But, these two schools of medicine attribute the cause to very different factors. Otitis media occurs when there is a bacterial growth in the internal ear leading to inflammation, which produces fluid build-up, local pain, fever and some other symptoms. Conventional medicine considers bacteria to be the root of the problem, and therefore directs the treatment to kill the bacteria with antibiotics. This appears to be a logical 'solution', which in practice however, fails more often than it works.
Naturopathic medicine agrees that bacteria are overgrowing.
But, anyone who knows a little bit about microbiology is perfectly aware that in order for the bacteria to grow, a very strict set of conditions must be met. Each bacteria requires a certain temperature, moisture, and sugar content of the media for it to survive and multiply. These requirements apply not only in the microbiology lab, but also inside the human organism. In other words, children get ear infections because their bodies provide a 'nourishing' environment for the bacteria. It is not because they have an antibiotic deficiency.