PVC& Vaccine Can Help Reduce Frequent Ear Infections in Children
Katherine A. Poehling, M.D., a pediatrician at Brenner Children’s Hospital, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center found that, during the time that vaccine (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) coverage increased, the number of vaccinated children who developed frequent ear infections and/or received ear tubes declined by 16 percent in Tennessee and 25 percent in New York. While most children have at least one ear infection by their second birthday, 25 to 30 percent of children will develop frequent ear infections or about three or four each year,” Poehling said.