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 Otitis media (ear infection or inflammation) is the most common childhood condition for which antibiotics are prescribed. 2  Otitis media features fever, ear pain, and a feeling of fullness in the ear; as well as fussiness and feeding problems in young children. Middle ear pus causes pain and temporary hearing loss. 2  Rupture of the eardrum allows the pus to drain into the ear canal. 3  Otitis media (ear infection or inflammation) is treated with observation, antibiotics, or ear tubes.