Ear infections can be really nasty. Especially for the children, ear infections can mean leave from school, and sleepless nights and irritation as well. Ear infections can also lead to further complications in the connecting ENT.

According to a new report, health officials are of the view that that there has been a substantial rise in the number of children visiting the Doctor with an ear infection. There has been a decrease in the statistics over a period of 15 years.

The reason behind this pleasant drop according to the researchers of Harvard University is the apparent decrease in the smoking habits of the parents. This might result in less irritation in the ears of a child and consequently leads to reduction in the cases of ear infections.

There is also a lot of awareness and knowledge in the parents these days and this has resulted in the vaccination against ear infections. This might also be a reason for the decrease.