For many years, this percentage was 7.5%. Thus, for example, if your AGI was $100,000, you could deduct your medical expenses as an itemized deduction only if, and to the extent, they exceeded $7,500. However, starting in 2013, this went up to 10% (except for people 65 and over, who will be exempt from the increase until 2017).
Fox News. Most Kids' Ear Infections Can Heal Without Antibiotics. Most children with ear infections do not need antibiotics, but they get them anyway. Now, a new study suggests parents are often willing to delay treatment if they know their kids can get the drugs if they need them. Giving parents the option of delaying treatment meant far fewer kids ended up taking antibiotics --.
Treatments and Complications. In about half of all cases, an ear infection resolves itself without any need for medication. However, in the majority of cases children need an antibiotic, usually amoxicillin, for a course of 10 days.The drug starts to work within a day or so.raditionally, children who experience recurrent ear infections for three months or longer and have hearing loss are candidates for a myringotomy, a surgery in which tubes are inserted into the ear to keep the middle ear ventilated. However, in light of new studies, doctors are increasingly opting to forgo this surgery.