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[quote=Anonymous]Vet here - PP about ear infections. Vets do not want to scam you. Trust me. But often owners won't get to the root of a recurring problem and would rather just treating the symptoms when they are bothersome. Ears are a good example. Recurrent ear infections are almost always tied to allergies. The allergic inflammation sets up an environment for bacteria and yeast to set up shop in the ear canal. With repeated infection treatment , antibiotic resistance can build up. Cultures can help determine that.

Do I culture every ear infection? Hardly. Do I culture those that are resistant to treatment. Yep. I tell people if the ear infection is due to allergies, then YOU WILL NEVER STOP THEM unless you treat the allergies. That may mean finding out what the pet is allergic to. Which is a process. I call it treating the ultimate cause of the infection vs. The proximate cause.

Most owners are unwilling. They just want the ointment. Then they complain when it comes back. "you didn't fix the problem". The problem is allergies and I will never fix it. It can be treated, but that is a chronic thing and the owner has to put in the work and the money. [/quote]

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