Why are children prone to otitis media

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Otitis media is a very common disease, it is often due to the common cold or throat infection and other upper respiratory tract infection caused by pain, and then complications, otitis media is not a serious disease, but the onset of the disease, often make people headache, sometimes from the ear out of pus, to the patient's health and normal daily life is very important And otitis media often occurs in children under 8 years old. So, why are children prone to otitis media?

Why are children prone to otitis media

First of all, because children are generally lack of self-protection, their self-protection ability is relatively poor, such as swimming in unclean water, ear digging, fighting and so on, it is easy to cause ear injury and external auditory canal inflammation. If the treatment is not timely, it is very easy to cause otitis media.

Secondly, the tympanic orifice of eustachian tube in adults is 2-2.5 cm higher than that of pharynx, while that of eustachian tube in children is close to horizontal, and the lumen is shorter and the inner diameter is wider. Therefore, pharyngeal infection in children is more likely to be transmitted into the tympanic cavity through this tube. When a child spills milk or vomits, the milk and the bacteria in the nasopharynx have a chance to enter the middle ear through the eustachian tube, causing otitis media.

Finally, children's resistance is relatively poor. If you don't blow your nose properly when wiping your nose, it's easy to bring bacteria from the pharynx into the tympanic chamber. Moreover, if infants are not fed properly or children are malnourished, it's easy to lead to decreased resistance and otitis media.

matters needing attention

It is worth noting that, for children, we must strengthen nutrition, ensure adequate nutrition, but also pay attention to proper exercise, enhance resistance, and pay attention to educating children not to often dig their ears.