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My 7 month old baby keeps getting ear and throat infections and has been on 6 courses antibiotics in the past 4 months why? how can i prevent this

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Avoid colds: Common colds set up ear infections by having congestion block the passageway form your middle ear to your throat, then fluid builds up behind your ear drum and then that fluid gets infected. Infants have a small passageway that gets blocked up more easily than older children and adults, so they get ear infections more easily. In daycare they get a new cold a month, so avoiding daycare helps ears.

Answered 2/28/2014

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