Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections?
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(HealthDay News) -- Ear infections are common in children, and may occur for a variety of reasons.
But certain factors -- both environmental and beyond anyone's control -- may increase your child's risk.
The American Academy of Family Physicians lists these common risk factors for ear infections in children:
Being around cigarette smoking.Having had ear infections before, frequent colds, or having a family history of ear infections.Going to a day-care center.Being born premature or at low birth weight.Going to bed with a bottle or using a pacifier.Being male.Having allergies that cause congestion.
