Many people have experienced ear infections. This painful affliction is caused by built up fluid in a blocked eustachian tube in the ear. When the tube is blocked, bacteria, yeast and viruses can grow to cause the infection.
Allergies, colds and sinus infections, smoking, excess mucus or saliva or infected or overgrown adenoids are all culprits of ear infections.
An ear infection is very painful. It hurts to move or touch the ear and the ear is very sensitive to wind and water. It's best to keep an ear infection dry. Laying the head with the hurting ear down on a covered hot water bottle is a good way to drain fluid and comfort the ear.
Weather the ear infection is caused by bacteria, virus or a fungal infection it can always be treated with homeopathic or natural remedies. If you consult your GP he will give you the exact diagnose which is extremely helpful.
However in traditional western medicine an ear infection it is always treated with antibiotics. This is effective only if bacteria cause the infection. Antibiotics might not be the most efficient treatment as it takes around 24 hours for it to work where as homeopathic medicine will work immediately and will not give you any side effects.
Always seek help for an ear infection, as it can turn serious and extremely painful if untreated.
