Interesting Research.
Children with low levels of vitamin D and recurrent ear infections had a reduced risk for acute otitis media with vitamin D supplementation, researchers reported here.
The authors conducted a randomized study of 116 children with recurrent otitis media who were treated with daily doses of oral 1,000 IU of vitamin D or with placebo over 4 months and whose episodes of acute otitis media were monitored for 6 months.
Recurrent disease was defined as three or more episodes in the 6 months prior to the study or four or more episodes in the 12 months prior to the study.
I give my 6 year old girl 1000 IU of Vitamin D3 per day and my 2 year old other girl half that dose 500 IU.
