Drugs don’t cure everything – doctors can be helped to prescribe other option

By Ben Ewald
Updated June 28 2018 - 1:33pm, first published February 11 2017 - 12:00am
There is evidence many conditions can be treated without drugs or surgery.
There is evidence many conditions can be treated without drugs or surgery.

WHAT if I told you half of all middle-ear effusions (persistent fluid), known as glue ear, could be fixed by the child blowing up a balloon with his or her nose? Would you be more likely to get your child to try it than have them undergo surgery? It may sound quirky, but the technique, called autoinflation, has a solid evidence base.

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