How Nasal Balloon Can Help With Glue Ear

Giving children antibiotics too frequently can cause them to develop a resistance to the antibiotics and can worsen the conditions they have.

Middle ear infections are often treated with antibiotics, and in some patients these infections recur repeatedly. Beyond this, many medications for ear infections have not been approved by the FDA for effectiveness in the conditions for which they are prescribed.

An alternative may be a nasal balloon, which is inflated to dilate the sinus cavity to relieve the middle ear problems in patients and avoids prescribing more antibiotics. A nasal balloon is not always possible, but very …read more