Otitis, which is a common ENT disease, is often found in babies from birth. Despite such prevalence, this inflammatory process is serious enough, it can not be ignored!
When a crumb often cries, shows pain in the eye (rubbing it, pulling the pens to the head), then this may indicate that his otitis is progressing. Make sure this mom is easy. It is enough to put your finger lightly on the tragus of the ear with a finger. If he feels a sharp pain, then the inflammatory process takes place to be. And measures must be taken urgently, because otitis begins in a child, usually with a mild form, and the lack of proper treatment leads to the fact that the disease goes into a purulent form. In the future this can cause serious problems with the child's hearing. In most cases, in children, otitis manifests as an inflammation of the external or internal ear (external and otitis media, respectively). The otitis of the inner ear can be acute and chronic, manifested in a purulent or catarrhal form.
Symptoms of the disease
If the child has a cold, then the symptoms of otitis can not be noticed, since both diseases are characterized by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx. It is even more difficult to recognize the signs of otitis in an infant, since it can not tell what and where it hurts. But noticing that the crumb behaves restlessly, against a background of complete well-being, suddenly begins to cry, rubs ears on the pillow, and when feeding screams, immediately consult a doctor! In older children, a sign of otitis may be a sudden increase in temperature.
In addition, in some cases, this disease manifests itself as seizures, nausea and vomiting. Any of the above symptoms is an occasion to consult a specialist in order to check and determine precisely whether there is otitis in the child and how to treat it correctly.
With external otitis , the following symptoms are noted:
- painful sensations when pressing on a tragus;
- itching and swelling of the ear;
- purulent discharge;
- hearing loss.
With an average otitis, the following symptoms are added to the above symptoms:
- shooting pain in the ear;
- fever.
For internal otitis media are also characteristic:
- nausea, vomiting;
- twitching of the eyeball;
- worsening of the general condition.
Treatment of otitis media
If the doctor has established the diagnosis of "medium acute otitis" (the most common type of disease in infants up to the age of three), then most likely, the treatment will consist of taking antibiotics and ear drops. The first can avoid dangerous complications, and the second quickly relieve inflammation and ease the baby's pain in the ear. However, the vasoconstrictor drugs in the spout at the same time must drip! Do not interfere and warm compresses (soaked in vodka and pressed gauze). By the way, children who are predisposed to otitis, such compresses should be put for any cold, without waiting for the onset of the disease.
If the child has symptoms of purulent otitis with a perforation of the tympanic membrane, then self-medication is contraindicated! Some ear drops can lead to complete hearing loss! The fact is that behind the tympanic membrane is the auditory nerve. When it is damaged, the nerve is not protected from the action of alcohol, which
In most cases, the doctor at the otitis in the child appoints additional procedures: UHF therapy, warming the ears with UFO.