Seven month baby otitis media symptoms?

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Otitis media brings pain to the baby, interferes with eating, sleeping and activities, and also damages the hearing, involving the baby's life. Parents must find out as soon as possible, so as not to delay the treatment. The baby is limited to language ability, it is difficult or unclear to tell, especially for infants under 1 year old, only by careful observation of parents. If Baobao has the following signals, it should think of otitis media:

Seven month baby otitis media symptoms?

(1) Early (medical known as eustachian tube obstruction): Children's performance for lack of energy, loss of appetite, tinnitus, ear discomfort (children will not express), but the discomfort of the ear will affect the baby's play and sleep. In this period, the doctor can find that the eardrum (called tympanic membrane in medicine) is invaginated, and there is effusion in the middle ear.

(2) Advanced stage (called pre suppurative stage in medicine): it is characterized by high fever, body temperature up to 39 ℃ - 40 ℃, children crying restlessly, hearing loss and earache, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. These manifestations are similar to common cold or enteritis, which are easily ignored or misdiagnosed. After examination, we can find congestion of eardrum, redness and swelling of ossicles, and exophthalmos.

(3) Peak period (called suppurative period in medicine): children have high fever and refuse to eat. In severe cases, their faces are gray, and their tinnitus, hearing loss and earache radiate all around. Examination can find out the eardrum convex, middle ear empyema.

matters needing attention

Young parents should be vigilant, the baby got otitis media must see a doctor, follow the doctor's advice, serious treatment, can not take anti-inflammatory drugs and delay the disease.