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Antibiotics will not help an ear infection that is caused by a virus, so doctors do not always prescribe antibiotics for ear infections. All children under 6 months old will be treated with antibiotics.  Tell your doctor about the last time you used antibiotics, as well as what kind. This will help your doctor choose the most effective kind for you. Make sure you or your child take all the doses of the medication on schedule, to ensure the infection does not return. Do not stop taking antibiotics, even if you feel better until you have completed the entire course as prescribed. Stopping antibiotic treatment before you finish the full course can cause any remaining bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics, making the condition much more difficult to treat. Ear drops, such as antipyrine-benzocaine-glycerin (Aurodex), may help relieve the pain of ear infections. A doctor will not prescribe ear drops to people with torn or perforated eardrums.  To give drops to a child, first warm up the eardrop solution by placing the bottle in warm water or holding it between your hands for a few minutes. Have your child lie on a flat surface with the infected ear facing up toward you. Use the recommended dosage. Have your child keep his or her head tilted with the infected ear up for about 2 minutes. Because benzocaine is a numbing agent, it’s best if you can have someone else apply the drops to your ear. Avoid touching your ear with the dropper. Benzocaine may cause mild itchiness or redness. It has also been linked to a rare but serious condition that affects your blood’s oxygen levels. Never use more than the recommended dose of benzocaine, and consult your pediatrician to make sure that you give the right dosage to your child. Recurring otitis media may require a procedure called a myringotomy. Recurring means you have had three episodes in the past six months or four episodes in the past year, with at least one occurring in the past six months. An ear infection that does not clear up after treatment is also a candidate for this procedure. Ear tube surgery, or myringotomy, is an outpatient procedure. A surgeon inserts tiny tubes into the eardrum so fluids behind the eardrum can drain easier. The eardrum usually closes up again after the tube falls out or is removed. If you continue to have swollen adenoids, which are masses of tissue located behind the nasal cavity, they may need to be surgically removed.

summary: Get a prescription for antibiotics from your doctor. Ask your doctor for prescription ear drops. Ask your doctor about ear tubes if the ear infection is recurrent. Discuss the possibility of an adenoidectomy to remove swollen adenoids with your doctor.


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Take the soot-stained fabric outdoors and gently shake off any excess soot. Be careful not to shake too vigorously so that you don’t make the stain bigger or spread the soot around any more than is necessary. If you shake the fabric too vigorously, you also risk grinding the soot into the fabric – ultimately making it harder to clean. For fabrics stained with soot, try rinsing them with cold water to remove the stain. Turn the fabric inside out and run it under cool water to get as much of the soot out as possible. Try not to spread the stain further or grind the soot into the fabric with your hands. Try to let the cold water do its job and avoid touching the soot during the process. If you have soot stains on fabric materials like clothing, you can try soaking them overnight in laundry detergent. Fill a bucket with warm water and a small amount of laundry detergent and submerge the items. Let the fabric soak for at least six hours. If the soot-stained items can be bleached without being ruined, add a few drops of bleach to the detergent/water mixture. Use the hottest possible setting on your laundry machine to wash the soot-stained fabric. Use bleach (or color safe bleach, if the fabric requires it) when you run the washing machine.  Make sure that you have done all you can to minimize the soot stain before you actually wash the fabric. Using several methods together will be much more effective at removing the stain than just attempting one method. Don’t put the fabric in the dryer until you have checked to make sure the soot stain was completely removed. Otherwise, this could permanently set the stain in the fabric.

summary: Shake off excess soot. Run the fabric under cool water. Soak soot-stained materials overnight. Wash the fabric in hot water.


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A stop-loss order sells your stocks if they reach a certain low point. This can help you minimize your losses if a stock starts to tank. When you buy your stocks, set your stop-loss at the lowest you’re willing to let the stock price go. With a stop-loss, you will lose money. However, it might prevent you from losing big. A limit order lets you set a price limit for how much you’ll pay for a stock or the lowest price you’ll sell your stock for. This lets you get the best price possible for your stocks. Since the stock market can vary, it’s best to always use limit orders. For instance, you can set a limit order that says you’ll only pay $30 for a stock. That means your purchase wouldn’t go through if the stock suddenly went up to $45. You might think that you've stumbled across a great stock that can earn you a lot of money, so you starting bidding on it. After a little while, you find that your order isn't filled because the price went up. So, you increase your bid. That's called "chasing" the stock and should generally be avoided. Remember, the name of the game is to buy stocks at the right price, not chase them around just to get an order filled. Although you will never fully figure out the stock market, you may be able to minimize losses by changing your trading strategy. However, plan these changes in advance. For instance, you might decide to switch from a momentum strategy to a fading strategy if your stocks are losing value unexpectedly. While you don’t want to switch strategies any time your stocks are losing money, you may want to adjust if the market changes.  Remember, alter your strategy based on underlying changes in the markets, not because of emotion or fear of loss. If market volatility increases, that's a good reason to adapt your strategy to new market forces. However, if you change your strategy just because you took an unexpected loss, that's a bad reason to change your trading philosophy.
summary: Use a stop-loss with every order. Use limit orders to maximize profits. Avoid "chasing" stocks. Adapt your trading strategy if the market changes.