How the Biotherapy
Alternative Medicine Clinic can help with
chronic ear infections.
By the age of three years, more than 70
percent of children will have had at least
one episode of earache and about a third
will have had more than three episodes. Some
children can have up to 20 infections in
their first year.
Every year, over 10
million children in the
United States are
treated for ear infections.
A common cause earache is plugged
"Eustachian' tubes" (the tube that comes
from the back of your throat and connects to
your middle ear). If your Eustachian tube
becomes blocked, fluid will gather resulting
in a painful earache, and the possibility of
bacteria buildup or infection.
Most ear infections appear after an upper
respiratory or sinus infection. The fluid
build up from these types of infections is
often very thick and easily blocks the
Eustachian tube. Young children are more
likely than others to develop middle ear
infections because in infants, the
Eustachian tube is oriented more
horizontally than vertically; making
drainage more difficult than it is in older
children. Fluids can collect and become
blocked, creating an ideal environment for
bacterial growth. As a child grows, the
Eustachian tube begins to curve downward,
allowing fluids to drain more easily.
Causes of earaches are
infection of the middle ear, colds,
allergies, sinus infections, teeth problems,
changes in air pressure on an airplane and
more.
While antibiotics are a common treatment for
ear infections, parents should be aware that
a study done in the Netherlands compared
children with ear infections who were
treated with antibiotics to a control group
who were given a placebo. Although the
antibiotic group improved somewhat faster,
it is interesting to note that there was
little difference between the two groups in
long-term outcome.
Alan Greene, MD FAAP, the Chief Medical
Officer of A.D.A.M., the Founder & CEO of
DrGreene.com, and the Pediatric Expert for
AmericanBaby.com wrote in his article: "Contrary to common practice, most children
with
ear
infections should not be treated
with
antibiotics, according to powerful,
evidence-based guidelines released in March
2004 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
and the American Academy of Family
Physicians. Each time a child takes a course
of antibiotics, future infections become
harder to treat. A typical healthy child
carries a pound or two of rapidly evolving
microscopic bacteria in his or her body.
Antibiotics cause the selective breeding of
the more resistant strains, which leads to
the use of newer, harsher, more expensive
antibiotics, with more side effects. For
decades, this cycle has been getting worse.
But with these new guidelines, it's all
about to change. Whenever it's appropriate
to treat with pain relief rather than
antibiotics, the choice is clear: No
contest."
Many children have repeated doses of
antibiotics to treat ear infections. These
repeated doses can inhibit the body's normal
healthy immune response and cause generation
of resistant bacteria and dysbiosis-
condition, when "good" bacteria was killed
by antibiotics and "bad" bacteria take over
causing many additional chronic health
problems.
We at Biotherapy Alternative Medicine Clinic
focus on prevention of future attacks of ear
infections, pain relief, restoration of
friendly intestinal flora after courses of
antibiotics and strengthening of the immune
system.
Healing Food
Consultation
can help your child to eliminate the foods which thicken
and increase mucus, making it more difficult
for an infected ear to drain. We'll give you
ideas how to eliminate food allergies and
Nutrition
Supplementation can make your child
stronger and healthier to resist chronic
infections.
Herbal Medicine
has antimicrobial properties and may be used to reduce swelling and
inflammation whether topically or
internally.
Acupuncture,
non needle approach can
reduce pain after the first treatment, however, continued
treatments are necessary to make a long
lasting effect.
Parents are usually weary of bringing in
their child to get acupuncture because of
its association with needles. Children
usually do not have a problem with needles.
Regardless of the fear or not, not all
treatments require needles. We at Biotherapy
Clinic use a form of pediatric acupuncture
which does not require needles to be
inserted into the body. Instead, we use a
variety of the acupuncture point's
stimulation by fingers, magnets, vibration,
plasters and other methods. Acupuncture has
the great advantage of being safe and
non-invasive compared to surgery and other
techniques. It is free from the side-effects
of drugs. Acupuncture also mobilizes your
child's immune system to fight back and
overcome the infection.
Manual therapy and Tui-Na massage
improve microcirculation, alleviate muscles
spasms and open the blocked Eustachian tube
(the tube between the middle ear and the
back of the throat) of your sick child, keep
the fluids draining from the ear so bacteria
and viruses are less likely to be able to
grow. Massage can improve a whole range of
problems, including pain, mood, activity
level, sleep problems, lung, skin conditions
and more.
Suction cups.
Cupping is the application of cups
containing a partial vacuum to the
acupuncture site to
increase local blood flow
and is used in treating back pain, sprains,
soft tissue injury, spasms, relieving lung
congestion and
for the healing of various different
ailments.
To begin undergoing services at the
Biotherapy Alternative Medicine Clinic for
children, please select one of the following
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About us:
Peter Melamed, Lic.Ac., RN, Ph.D.,
father of 3 healthy children and 4 healthy
grandchildren, was trained as a medical doctor
in Russia. Subsequently he took specialized
training in anesthesiology, intensive care,
and internal medicine. In 1969, Peter Melamed,
MD was awarded a Ph.D. in medical science. He
took further training in acupuncture, herbal
medicine, and internal detoxification at universities
in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Perm, and Odessa.
He was granted a license to practice acupuncture
in Russia in 1978, and from that time he combined
conventional Western medical treatment with
herbs, acupuncture, and other non-drug healing
therapies. After immigrating to the USA in
1991, he obtained licenses to practice
acupuncture in the state of California and
in New York. He has also been certified by
the National Board of Acupuncture.
Peter Melamed has written numerous articles
published around the world, and frequently
lectures on various holistic topics around the
Bay Area.
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