Dr. Jack,
The sky won't fall in. You are so right, many ear infections are wrongly
diagnosed. Some by mistake, and some because lack of time or patience. I'm
so happy that someone else noticed.

Mira Leibovich, MD

>Here's a secret.  Many ear infections which are diagnosed aren't ear
>infections at all.  Some physicians diagnose ear infections when they
>see a child with a cold or fever.  So much easier to give antibiotics
>than to explain that the child has a virus which will get better by
>itself.  Many physicians, I fear, don't even know how to look properly
>at a child's ear drum.
>
>Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC (afraid the sky will fall in by my saying the
>above)
>