Children's otitis media symptoms and treatment?

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If the baby grasps the ear with his hand, accompanied by crying, shaking his head, irritability, parents should be alert whether the baby is suffering from otitis media. Otitis media is also one of the common diseases in children. It can not only damage hearing and deafness, but also affect health and even endanger life. Let's share the symptoms and treatment of otitis media in children?.

Children's otitis media symptoms and treatment?

First, the pus in the external auditory canal and the middle ear cavity should be cleaned before the treatment of acute suppurative otitis media. The correct method of ear drops is: take the baby's sitting or lying position, with the affected ear facing up, gently pull the auricle back and up, drop 3-4 drops of liquid medicine into the external auditory canal, and then gently press the tragus with your fingers several times to make the liquid medicine flow into the middle ear through the tympanic membrane perforation, and change the position after a few minutes.

Second, the ear drops should be close to the body temperature as far as possible to avoid vertigo. The commonly used drugs are: rifampicin eye drops, thalidol ear drops

Third: 0.25% chloramphenicol ear drops. For children with fever, we should actively choose anti fever drugs, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, etc.

matters needing attention

The onset of acute suppurative otitis media is acute. Children often show fever. The body temperature can reach 38-40 ℃. They have earache, purulence and hearing loss. The severity of systemic symptoms varies. Infants and young children can not state the condition, often for crying restlessness, ear shaking, and even vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms.