Hi everyone,
I would like to get your opinions on something. Caden had an ear infection about 2 weeks ago. He finished his Omnicef one week ago. About 4 days ago he started touching his ears again and being fussy. He has been very restless at night and waking almost every hour.
I took him to his doctor yesterday to have his ears checked, and he said they were clear but that his throat was very red and had bumps (not with pus). He said it was just a virus and he should feel better by this weekend.
My question is could the red throat possibly be caused from a reflux flare up? His reflux seems to have resurfaced since his ear infection, and I’m just wondering if that could be causing the redness rather than a virus, or would throat irritation from reflux look different from that caused by a viral infection? He really hasn’t had any other symptoms of a virus. When I asked his ped about it he said no it isn’t from reflux, but I’m in the process of switching peds and don’t feel confident in the answers I get from this one.
Thanks