What symptom does darling otitis media have?

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Otitis media is not like a cold or a fever. You can see it all at once. Some babies are still small and can't express "ear ache" clearly, so it's not easy for parents to notice. If the baby has the following performance, then it may suffer from otitis media. After the baby got otitis media, we must see a doctor, follow the doctor's attention, serious treatment, can not take anti-inflammatory drugs, so that the baby did not get thorough treatment and leave hidden danger. If the treatment of otitis media is not timely, especially in infants with low body resistance, otitis media can expand to nearby organs, such as mastoiditis and even intracranial infection. Therefore, early diagnosis and early treatment are necessary. Let's talk about the symptoms of otitis media in our baby?

What symptom does darling otitis media have?

Generally speaking, infants are far more susceptible to ear diseases than adults. Because the eustachian tube of infants is not yet mature, the eustachian tube is only half the length of adults, and the diameter is thick, the position is relatively horizontal, and the orifice is often open. Therefore, the bacteria and secretions in the nasopharynx are easy to enter the tympanic chamber through this tube and cause otitis media. The middle ear is like a small matchbox. It has six walls. The front wall is the tympanic membrane, which separates the external auditory canal (commonly known as the ear hole) from the middle ear. The middle ear cavity is covered with mucous membrane, and there are three ossicles connected with the inner ear. Under normal circumstances, the external auditory canal occasionally water bath, as long as there is no tympanic membrane lesions, water is not into the middle ear cavity, it is impossible to cause otitis media.

2. Children with acute otitis media are characterized by ear pain, continuous crying in the early stage, and often grasping the ear with hands, accompanied by fever, refusal of milk and other symptoms. If accompanied by tympanic membrane perforation, mucopurulent secretion can also be seen out of the ear, children with hearing loss. Suffering from acute otitis media, should be active, thorough treatment to prevent chronic. If the baby has a fever of 37.5 ℃ for 3 consecutive days and the fever persists after taking the medicine, it is necessary to consider the possibility of suffering from otitis media and go to the otolaryngology department for examination as soon as possible.

3. Dig out your baby's ears. If your baby keeps touching, scratching and pulling his ears, you should think whether he is suffering from otitis media. Damage to the external auditory canal mucosa or tympanic membrane, leading to infection, may also spread to the middle ear inflammation. When you find your baby restless and shaking his head, think that his ears may be uncomfortable. Children suddenly become irritable, crying, and always sleep hard at night, then immediately take him to see a doctor.

matters needing attention

For breast-feeding infants, especially at night, should try to hold the baby, to prevent the baby's head position is too low, the residual milk in the mouth after sleeping into the eustachian tube and cause inflammation. Some mothers are tired during the day and lie on the bed at night to feed. Sometimes the baby is still feeding but she is asleep. At this time, the milk can flow into the external auditory canal along the baby's face, causing inflammation. The correct feeding method is: hold the baby to feed, after feeding, pat the baby on the back for 2-5 minutes. The treatment of acute otitis media can be intravenous or intramuscular penicillin and other antibiotics; If the tympanic membrane is not perforated, 2.5% chloramphenicol glycerin can be dripped. If the tympanic membrane is perforated, 0.5% chloramphenicol solution can be dripped. At the same time, we should also pay attention to improving and keeping the nasal cavity and eustachian tube unblocked.