 [ Symptoms ] can intercourse cause hemorrhoids to worsen can hemorrhoids cause painful intercourse [ Disease ] do not know if this is helpful or will even apply to your son but my nephew used to get ear infections all the time his mom let him go to sleep all the time with a bottle of milk and once she stopped doing that the ear infections stopped you said he is 4 so i doubt he still has a bottle but thought i would mention it anyway hope he gets better soon