Host: Many kids go swimming in the summer and they get an earache afterwards. That's not an ear infection always or is it?
Ari Goldsmith: That can be an outer ear infection, not a regular infection that kids get when they wake up in the middle of night. However, the outer ear, which is basically the part line by skin of the outside, can get infected by certain bacteria and it is a very, very painful infection, actually, worst than a regular infection probably.
Host: How do we treat that?
Ari Goldsmith: That is treated with, usually, ear drops and many different types of ear drops that work and it seems to be very effective. The most important things to prevent it are children are not allowed to use Q-tips or put anything in the ears to scratch the ear because that's what initially starts the problem in the first place.
Host: If the kid got a really bad external type of ear infection and suddenly you see the ear gets so swollen, it always moves from different position, how do we handle on that?
Ari Goldsmith: Then we would add some oral antibiotics because then the infection is starting to effect the skin around the ear and that needs an oral antibiotic in addition to the ear drops.
Host: Sometimes kids get leaks in the ear. Why?
Ari Goldsmith: Ear now from the infection is so swollen that we can't see the eardrum that would mean that the ear drops will not be able to get in. So for those, you need sponge in ear and then the drops to be placed on the sponge and that will allow you to get it better quicker.
Host: Thank you very much.
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