Hi Jane,
 You wrote to Sarah:
 > SD> TM> As for ear-candling, the hot wax can burn the skin if you spill
 > SD> TM> in on it and the flame can set the hair on fire.  Dowsing with a
 > SD> TM> dowsing rod would seem a lot safer and is probabaly equally
 > SD> TM> effective.
 > SD>What's a dowsing rod?
 > incidently, much safer methods of getting the same amount of heat to the
 > ear if you insist upon this.  One is a hot water bottle, wrapped in a
 > towel, the other is a heating pad turned on low or medium.
 Sunlight is even more effective. ;-)
 >> TM> Have you investigated whay is causing them to swell shut ?
 > SD>Yep.  Cow's milk causes ear infections with him, but even though I
 > stopped
 > SD>the consumption, fluid remained.
 > Then there are some other food allergies which you have not stopped
 > giving the child.
 Most people are not "allergic" to milk..their bodies just refuse
 to accept cowmilk as a natural alternative either before or after
 weaning off.
 > If a child is allergic to milk, he will also be allergic to a certain
 > kind of insulation used in homes that has formeldehyde in it.  Breathing
 > the fumes will make any physical condition worse.
 Bunkum.
 > If your child is also a heavy sugar and sweets eater this is an
 > indication that his diet lacks the amino acids his system needs.
 Bunkum again. The body merely learns to accept those sugars as
 being those natural sugars that it really needs. And this is the
 fault of the parents. Sugars have nothing at all to do with
 amino acids BTW.
 > All of this and more is the first step towards figuring out for yourself
 > what you can do to elimiate the fluid problem and much of it is not
 > known to all doctors.
 With friends like you giving this little gem of advice..who needs
 enemies? Huuuugh???
 Alan
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