Symptoms of otitis media in children

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Children are far more likely to suffer from otitis media than adults. That's because children's eustachian tube is wider and shorter than adults' eustachian tube. Therefore, for children, oral and nasal fluid is easy to flow back to the middle ear cavity, which leads to middle ear infection. And children's resistance is relatively weak, also easy to cause respiratory tract infection, leading to acute suppurative otitis media. The incidence rate of children is relatively high, most of which are caused by colds. Let me tell you about the symptoms of otitis media in children.

Symptoms of otitis media in children

The first judgment basis is to pay attention to whether the child will have a headache, because if the child suffers from otitis media, there will be a sharp pain on the head near the child's ear. If the child is older, parents can ask the child what's uncomfortable to judge. In this way, the younger child will cry and refuse to sleep and eat. And otitis media can also affect hearing, often watching TV those have to turn on a larger volume, the family should pay close attention to it.

The second judgment is that patients with otitis media will also have severe pain in the ear, which is often manifested as ear pain or tingling. And generally in sucking, coughing and swallowing saliva and things will be accompanied by pain feeling, smaller baby will appear irritable crying, shaking his head or with his hand to grasp his ears and so on, because eating will be painful, baby is generally not willing to drink milk.

The third basis for judging is that for patients with otitis media, the temperature will be higher than ordinary people. Parents should pay attention to the temperature of their children. Generally, the fever temperature is about 38 to 40 degrees. In addition, to observe the child's ears, to see if there will be outflow of white, yellow or liquid containing a trace of blood, if there is this symptom, it can be generally determined that the child has otitis media, to go to the hospital immediately.

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I hope parents can pay more attention to it and pay more attention to it if they find that their children have any problems, because if acute suppurative otitis media is not treated correctly in time, the infection will spread slowly, leading to mastoiditis, otogenic brain abscess, meningitis and other serious complications. In this way, the gain is not worth the loss.