If you’ve had a child who had ear infections, you know just how bad they can be. And, as a parent, it’s difficult to watch your child suffering from the ear pain. Ear infections are surprisingly common. In Canada, 75% of children will have at least one ear infection before they reach their first birthday.
Usually, a suspected ear infection meant a trip to the doctor’s and a prescription for an antibiotic. This may not be so automatic now as the Canadian Pediatric Society is recommending a watch-and-wait approach in healthy children who are older than 6 months.
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It’s almost like a rite of passage for kids: an ear infection. And some children get them more than others. But what do we know about ear infections? Take this quiz to find out how much *you* know about them:
Ear infections in children quiz: Get the facts
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