Ear pain with strep?

[colleenrn]

My 12 yo daughter has had ear pain on and off since October. Today it is much worse and ALSO her PANDAS symptoms have worsened. I am freaking out because she is currently on 250 mg of Zithromax each day, and I even bumped it up 3 days ago to 500mg/day (she weighs 120-125 lb.) Has anyone experienced this with their PANDAS children? I have an apt. in 2 hours for her. I am at a loss as to what antibiotic I should try if she got an ear infection on all that Zithromax..

 

Also, If I can tag this other question on this same thread- my 2 year old has what looks to me to possibly be a strep rash on his belly. SAME rash he had in Oct. when he tested positive for strep B (not strep A) and same behavioral symptoms as in Oct. (screaming a lot more than usual, throwing major fits, AND peridic dilated puplis). With all of my 4 kids, this is the earliest I have seen possible PANDAS symptoms. I am wondering if ANYONE has experience with PANDAS symptoms in a 2 year old (he just turned 2 1/2).

Any help or comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This really stinks!

Colleen

[Caryn]

Read up on meniere's disease.

Also read about candidas.

[colleenrn]

Thanks Caryn for your response! It turns out my daughter has an ear infection while ON Zithromax 250mg/day I would think that dose would be enough to prevent ear infections if it is supposed to prevent strep. So frustrating!

 

My NP agreed my son's rash looked like it could be a strep rash and we did a 72 hour culture.

Colleen