Otitis media is an infection or inflammation of the middle ear. This inflammation often begins when infections that cause sore throats, colds, or other respiratory or breathing problems spread to the middle ear. These can be viral or bacterial infections. Seventy-five percent of children experience at least one episode of otitis media by their third birthday. Almost half of these children will have three or more ear infections during their first 3 years. It is estimated that medical costs and lost wages because of otitis media amount to $5 billion* a year in the United States. Although otitis media is primarily a disease of infants and young children, it can also affect adults. infact air travelers and divers suffer from it as well.
You may find this a little off the wall , using urine drops in the ear to stop ear aches . My grand mother said that when we had an ear ache she would use her "p" urine and add three drops in our ear three times a day and within 24 hours we were no longer pulling or rubbing our ears do to the ear aches we were previously experiencing.
My wife heard of this ear ache remedy and passed this on to her sister who was having frequent ear aches. She did not favor going to a physician and have to pay for a prescription for a simple ear ache remedy.
The next day she called my wife and told her that she was no longer experiencing the ear aches any more.
The following week she was talking to a doctor and mentioned this ear ache remedy and the doctor said that he knew about this ear ache remedy by is not at liberty to tell that to his patients.