The Air Force Safety Center is a Field Operating Agency with headquarters at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
The Finnish researchers are unsure why the use of a pacifier might lead to an ear infection, but theorized it may have something to do with the change in pressure equilibrium inside the ear caused by the sucking.
1 (Babies do pull on their ears for all kinds of reasons or for no reason at all. 2  So if your baby seems otherwise fine, he probably doesn't have an ear infection.). 3  Diarrhea or vomiting. 4  The bug that causes the ear infection can also affect the gastrointestinal tract.