What is the recovery time for tube placed in the ear for a 6 year old?
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Should not be.  He should be up and feeling good by the next day.  I work at day care and i have seen kids come in after 4 hours after there surgery and they are fine. Up and running around.  Those are the younger ones, but I would say mabey 1 day off of school and then he should be good to go!  Good luck
1051111
If you hit the eardrum, which it sounds like you might have, it shouldn't be a huge deal. I've done it a million times as a kid. Once in a watergun fight, my friend shot the watergun directly into my ear and I ruptured it that way. I still hear fine. It will normally heal on it's own. The problem however, is infection. Because your ears are naturally bacteria ridden (no matter who you are) and there is only one usual way out, everything will kind of sit next to your eardrum, which is fine, unless your ear drum is ruptured. If it is punctured everything will flow behind your ear drum and gunk it up back there. If the pain gets any worse, or if you get dizzy (any kind of inner ear disturbance will throw off your equilibrium) you should see a doctor immediately. Also, if the pain continues, go see a doctor anyways. Peace of mind is never a bad thing.
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Same thing happened to my guy, but he's a music fanatic with the headphones...ended up going to the ER for it cuz I couldn't get it all. I got a lot too. Dr. pulled out 2x as much as what you said. He told him that some people poduce wax faster than others. But it took like a month or so to get that bad. Maybe 2 months max. It's just that those people have stickier wax than most people. Dr said not to use q-tips cuz it'd shove it in further. But to wash out canal with a bulb syringe with warm water often to reduce build up. It was rock hard too when it came out, and really dark. Ew. He was having a hell of a time hearing. I could hear his music through his headphones when he was across the room! When he was almost deaf is when I said lemme see.
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I always heard that laying down with your ear against a pillow for about 5 minutes helps get water out of your ears. I would think showering with a cotton ball in your ear might prevent watter from getting in.
654115
The tube provides ventilation and drainage that prevents fluid from building up in the middle ear. Hearing improves immediately. There is less chance of future ear infections, less need for doctor's visits and fewer antibiotic prescriptions.\nThe cons are there's a small risk of infection or other complications from surgery, such as scarring of the eardrum.If the tubes don't stay in or fall out too soon, additional surgery may be needed to insert another set of tubes. Your child may need to use ear plugs to protect the ears during bathing or swimming. General anesthesia is required, which carries its own small risks.
285621
Go buy some balloons and blow them up several times a day, this actually works as it makes the natural tubes in your ear move releasing the fuild. This was told to me by an e.n.t. dr.
217274
Funny you should ask.  I have been answering a lot of questions here, but two years ago I was in exactly the same situation as you are now.  My wife (28 at the time) was in a car accident and ended up with TBI.  I was desperate to hear some stories, since I knew the neurosurgeons would never commit to any prognosis.  My wife stayed in a coma for 9 days and then slowly started waking up.  Initially, she had difficult talking, concentrating, walking etc, but over the course of six weeks, her physical therapists got her back to a great shape.  She continued her recovery and today the accident is just a memory. She is back to herself 100% and we just had a baby boy.  So I want to give you some hope.  The thing with TBI is that it is very unpredictible.  Her MRI looked quite bad apparently (she had the dreaded diffuse axonal injury) and yet she recovered fully.  I'd say she was back to 90% at six months and has been at 100% since then.  In retrospect, there were two important things.  She had excellent neurosurgical care that made sure the intracranial pressure never got too high.  I don't know how recent your daughter's accident was, but if it is days, that is absolutely the key thing.  Inquire about those pressures if you can.  The second thing was a comprehensive physical, speech and occupational therapy program.  Make sure your daughter gets the best.  \n\nAll the best to you and your daughter and never loose any hope!
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Continue to clean with alcohol and wear hypoallergenic ear posts until they heal.  Healing usually takes place in ten to 14 days.  After the soreness goes away they may itch.  This is normal and signals the healing process is continuing.
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Yes! Buy a bottle of garlic oil capsules. Take one and roll it around in your hand for a minute to melt the jelly-like oil. Pierce the end of it with a sterile needle, and squeeze the oil into the ear. Work it down good, and put a cotton plug in the ear. Garlic is a natural antibiotic. I've done this with my own 2 year old who had so many ear infections, she had to take antibiotics for 2 months straight once. The garlic oil method cured the ear infection in 2 days (done every 4 hours) Her pediatrician confirmed that it was gone too.\n\nThe sweet oil is good, but I've had better results with garlic oil. If you want sweet oil, it's at Wal-Mart in the wound care section. It's a 2 ounce bottle, and the label says "Humco Sweet Oil N. F." The bottle is brown, and the lable is a lilac color.\n\nEdit note: Honey, tobacco smoke can CAUSE ear infections in kids. It is not safe to blow it in the ears.
664943
usually with a perfect match, the odds are high that it will help alot. the doctor's wouldn't put a 6 year old through  that withoput great hope in success good luck.
866821
Younger children less than three years old will have pain for a week or less; older children and adults may have pain for as long as two or three weeks. Many will also note ear pain. This is due to common nerves that go to both the throat and the ears, thus tricking the brain into thinking there is ear pain when the pain is actually coming from the throat. \n\nTo assist with pain control and fluid intake, Popsicles may be eaten as often as tolerated. This serves as an ice pack at the back of the throat.\n\nI am so sorry that you are in pain but it appears you will gradually get better and will be OK in a couple of weeks. If you still have unbearable pain, by all means see your doctor again.
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Laryngeal edema (swelling of the voicebox) is nothing to fool around with.  Watch her breathing, make sure it is easy and unlabored.  If ANY wheezing occurs call 911 because this can stop her breathing.  A trip to the MD to ensure there hasn't been permanent injury isn't out of the question but if that isn't possible then keep an eye on her for the next 24 hours.  If her breathing remains okay, the rest will heal on its own
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Usually about 6 weeks
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Kerrie-\n\nWow, that's a big question.  First of all I'm a parent, not a neurosurgeon so don't take this as gospel.  My daughter is almost five and has spina bifida, hydrocephalus and Chiari-2 malformation.  She also has a g-tube (more on that later) but has not suffered from seizures.  She has had the Chiari surgery (it's called decompression) at a very young age-about 13 mos-because her Chiari is pretty pronounced and prior to the surgery she would quickly become sympomatic if her shunt failed (I think we're on about the 20th shunt!).  She was also de-tethered at the beginning of last year because of severe lower back pain.\n\nBasically Chiari means that the brain is shifted down and back in the skull.  This forces the brain stem down into a sort of funnel where it connects to the spinal cord.  When pressure builds in the brain the stem is compressed and nerves are temporarily or permanently damaged.  Typically the nerves that are affected control upper neck and head stuff- breathing, swallowing, vocal cord mobility, etc.  My daughter's cords were paralyzed at 6 mos which caused stridor and aspiration of small amounts of food- hence the g-tube.  During the Chiari decompression surgery bone is removed from around the brain stem making more room for the stem- when the pressure increases there is less effect on the nerves in the stem because there is more room.\n\nTethered cord means that the cord is attached to either the spinal column or scar tissue (in the case of spina bifida).  As the person grows the cord is stretched instead of floating in the CSF in the column.  Stretching the cord usually causes a loss of mobility but can cause back pain.  Actually you are the first parent I've heard from whose child is experiencing pain like my daughter did- usually mobility is the issue.\n\nIs your son suffering from lower back pain?  I haven't heard of Chiari causing back pain but I'm a salesman, not a neurosurgeon.  What I have learned is that the brain and spinal cord are all floating in one interconnected and balanced system of fluid.  Pressure building in one part of the system can cause issues with other parts of the system.  Unfortunately I've also learned that neurosurgery is basically a science of highly educated opinions.  Only so much can show up on an MRI and there are no hard-and-fast rules.  Some kids can tolerate a lot of ventrical pressure and some can't.  Some kids have severe Chiari but are never decompressed because they never show any symptoms- basically their nervous systems can just deal with it.  Some kids lose mobility when their cords are tehtered and others are in pain... you get the point.  At the end of the day it comes down to how much you trust and respect the surgeon and what they are basing their actions on.\n\nI still haven't answered your question, have I?  If your son is experiencing back I would think it's probably caused by the tethered cord so it makes sense that the surgeon wants to do that first.  It really doesn't matter, anyway.  If the cord is tethered that has to be fixed whether it's the cause of the pain or not.  For my daughter the de-tethering was much more difficult to recover from than the decompression surgery but the surgeons were clear that because of the amount of scar tissue from her spina bifida repair that it was probably the most complicated one they had seen.  The decompression was much simlpler- surgery took a few hours and she was home in a week.  It took her a while to get full mobility back in her neck (the surgery is done at the base of the neck) but that was just from the surgical pain.  The Chiari symptoms eased almost instantly and the whole thing was behind us in a month or so.  De-tethering was a much longer procedure with 6+ weeks in the hospital but again her procedure was VERY complicated because of her unique circumstances.  The pain went away after the surgery healed and two months after surgery she wa
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If you want to ease the pain until you can get to the doctor try a few drops of warm sweet oil or Coloidal Silver Drops ----fill ear canal place a tissue over ear for about 6 minutes and it will kill any bacteria or virus.
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This is strictly a decision made by the physician in charge. I have seen recovery after 40 minutes, but most do not go beyond 20-30 minutes with a straight line.
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I had mine taken out when i was 7. I was able to talk right away. But it really hurt. So, the pain will be completely gone in a week. And you should be able to talk in no time.