Ear Infections

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My son has only ever had one ear infection. That was at age 7 and I attribute that to the swimming pool. He's 9 and *knock on wood*, he doesn't have a history of any other infections. He does have ASD.

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I still have ear infections. I had so many as a child I was frequently absent from school. There were no tubes for ear drainage in those days.

I wonder about whether my dyspraxia was caused by disruprted balance due to problems with infections damaging my ear canals. Maybe my cerebellar fucntions were also disrupted because of this. I do not know, as there is no scar tissue that would point to a definite cause.

Poor coordination can be caused by ear infections. That's what someone has said on here anyway.

I had extreme ear infections up to the age of five.
I am now allergic to Penicillin as well as Moxicillin.

I had them quite often when I was little.

Ironically enough, I've started getting inner ear infections again. Since my sinus allergies have basically become constant, I'm no longer getting enough drainage. All through Christmas and New Year's, for about 3 or 4 weeks, I was having the infection flare back up again, then land me in bed. Then I'd feel better. Go for awhile, then start feeling worse.

I haven't gotten any meds for it though; shelf-version antihistamines don't make a dent in my allergies and I don't have insurance to go get a prescription for antibiotics.

Yay, crappy (non)healthcare system of the US.

Now thinking, I have not had an ear infection since I left the US (Dallas area)...I constantly had them when the weather was colder...I live in tropical weather now, and have not had any since I moved here...

Yes, I had alot of ear infections when I was young. My right ear drum burst.

I didn't have any for over 15 years, then last year I got another one in my right ear. Trying to keep them clean and dry so I don't get another one.

I had heaps of middle ear infections as a kid, required grommets(not the surfing kind)
Also infected tonsils adenoids and sinuses., but my dad smoked too.

I've only ever had two ear infections. The first one when I was 8 and the other when I was 13...both caused my flying in an aeroplane. I have no idea why so don't ask.
I've had severe problems with my sinuses, though...ears, nose and throat are all connected so I guess thats relevant...or not.

I had lots of ear infections until the age of 15. The last one was horrible: I had to spend 3 weeks in bed and my head was aching all the time

I STARTED to have ear infections after i turned 15, still have them but i believe now it's just because my dogs lick me there. XD yuk. i wonder what's so interesting in my ears <_<""" it never was a serious problem though...
I often have ear problems (problems = they hurt for about a week and i hear noises) caused by airplanes or... subway.XD and faster trains (and even cars) in general. and hairdryer. it seems im the only one o.o
it doesnt make sense to me.

I still get ear infections all the time, 1 about every 2 to 3 months, It drives me nuts.

I have permanent hearing damage in my left ear due to chronic infections as a kid. Even after I had tubes put in my ears and my tonsils taken out I was still getting then. It's not the worst though, I can understand people over the phone with my left ear thanks to that vs. my right ear where everything just sounds like noise.

I can see how ear infections might cause balance problems, since the body's perception of balance is controlled by the semi-circular canals in the ear. But dyspraxia is a motor planning problem (the major motor planning area is the pre-central gyrus in the frontal lobe), so unless you had an infection in your brain, I don't see how ear infections would cause dyspraxia.

Never heard of this. I had them, as did my sister, but our parents smoked and that is a huge risk factor. My children are both diagnosed with autism and neither of them have ever had an ear infection.