The Parent's Complete Guide to Ear Infections - Softcover

Greene, Alan R

 
9780380810475: The Parent's Complete Guide to Ear Infections

Synopsis

The Parent's Complete Guide to Ear Infections is a one-stop guide to one of the most common and bothersome ailments of childhood. Easy to read and positive in tone, it provides the answers you need, from basic anatomy of the ear to why a child's ear becomes easily and frequently infected. Here is valuable information on the most up-to-the-minute treatment options available and how to help prevent ear infections from recurring:

  • What causes ear infections?

  • How they are diagnosed

  • The best (and appropriate) treatments

  • When to consider surgery

  • How to recognize complications of ear infections

  • Everything you need to know about different kinds of antibiotics

  • How to tell if your child needs ear tubes

  • And many more parent-empowering facts

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About the Author

Alan R. Greene, M.D., is a pediatrician in practice with A.B. C.Pediatrics in San Mateo, California. He is a clinical instructor in the department of pediatrics at Stanford University school of Medicine and vice chairman of the department of pediatrics at Mills-Peninsula Hospitals. He is also the popular on-line author of "Dr. Greene's HouseCalls" (http://wwww.drgreene.com), where he answers parents' concerns about children's health topics.

From the Back Cover

The Parent's Complete Guide to Ear Infections is a one-stop guide to one of the most common and bothersome ailments of childhood. Easy to read and positive in tone, it provides the answers you need, from basic anatomy of the ear to why a child's ear becomes easily and frequently infected. Here is valuable information on the most up-to-the-minute treatment options available and how to help prevent ear infections from recurring:

  • What causes ear infections?

  • How they are diagnosed

  • The best (and appropriate) treatments

  • When to consider surgery

  • How to recognize complications of ear infections

  • Everything you need to know about different kinds of antibiotics

  • How to tell if your child needs ear tubes

  • And many more parent-empowering facts

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9781882606290: The Parent's Complete Guide to Ear Infections

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ISBN 10:  1882606299 ISBN 13:  9781882606290
Publisher: Peoples Medical Society, 1997
Softcover