Dummy may contribute to diseases of the auditory pathway child

Parents should avoid the use of pacifiers for babies who are susceptible to infection auditory pathway, the scientists said. Scientists who study involved about 500 children. The study lasted five years. The researchers found that the use of baby pacifiers, the risk of infection is doubled auditory pathway. The study was published in the journal Family Practice. From a scientific perspective acute otitis media and infections of the auditory pathway in young children are common. Antibiotics means usually help in this case, and the infection is in a few days, but unfortunately some children are prone to relapse. In previous studies, scientists have found a link between the use of pacifiers and the emergence of infectious diseases auditory pathway, but the data were inaccurate. In the new study, experts observed 476 children up to four years. Of these, 126 participants had used a pacifier. Scientists have found that children who use a pacifier, the risk of infectious diseases auditory pathway by 90% compared with the children, do not give their parents, raised a pacifier. The reason, experts say, could be that the nipples with bacteria can easily migrate from the sinuses into the middle ear. Cause infections of the middle ear.