Symptoms otitis media?

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Middle ear inflammation is otitis media, is due to bacterial infection in the middle ear, so the medical full name is "acute suppurative otitis media". It is a common cause of children's earache. Otitis media, also known as the "ear base", launched the disease, so that the brain swelling pain, and sometimes from the ear outflow of pus. Although it is not a serious illness, it brings endless pain. Symptoms otitis media? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms otitis media?

Systemic symptoms: varying in severity. May have chills, fever, fatigue, loss of appetite. Children have severe systemic symptoms, often accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Once the tympanic membrane is perforated, the body temperature will gradually drop and the systemic symptoms will be relieved.

Ear pain: deep ear pain, gradually aggravated. If pulsatile throbbing pain or tingling, it can radiate to the ipsilateral head or teeth. When swallowing and coughing, the earache will aggravate. If the earache is severe, it can't sleep at night and is restless. After tympanic membrane perforation and purulence, the earache was reduced.

Ear pus: is the main symptom of the disease. It can be mucus, mucopurulent or purulent. Non dangerous purulent is thin and odorless. Although the dangerous type of purulent is not much, but thicker, mostly pure purulent, and accompanied by odor. At the beginning, I felt stuffy, then my hearing gradually decreased, accompanied by tinnitus. Deafness can be ignored in patients with severe earache. Some patients may be accompanied by vertigo, but the deafness will be reduced after perforation.

matters needing attention

First of all, we should prevent people from catching a cold. Once they have a cold, their immunity will be poor, which will aggravate the development of otitis media. Otitis media needs a certain amount of sleep rest to ensure that otitis media is not tired. Therefore, daily attention to rest, ensure sleep time.