One of the most common reasons for a child to visit a physician is an ear infection. Many parents bring their children to the doctor because the child has been pulling on their ear. Is this because of ...

Five out of six children will have at least one ear infection by their third birthday and it is at this particular time of year that the little ones might be coming home from school repeatedly with ...

Ear pain in young children can quickly make parents anxious, especially when the child becomes irritable or unable to sleep. In paediatric practice, the most common reason for earache is acute otitis ...

Ear tubes, inserted in the eardrum, keep fluid from building up in the inner ear. (Photo Credit: Professor Tony Wright, Institute of Laryngology & Otology/Science Source) Ear tubes -- also called ...

Last March, on vacation in Florida, my 11-month-old had a fever. We took him to a local pediatrician who quickly diagnosed him with a middle ear infection and prescribed a 10-day course of antibiotics ...

With a beam of light, an otoscope allows a clinician to examine the ear canal and eardrum. SolStock/E+ via Getty Images Ear pain is one of the most common reasons that young children go to the doctor, ...