Symptoms and treatment of otitis media

Update Date: 2025-10-26 Source: Network

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The incidence rate of otitis media is very high, and the incidence of the disease is also very extensive. Many people in this life are injured by this disease. Most of the otitis media are the pain caused by upper respiratory tract infection such as common cold or throat infection. More caused by bacterial infection, so to prevent otitis media must let children away from pathogens, so as to effectively avoid the emergence of otitis media. So, in life, we should pay attention to it, the following is about the symptoms and treatment of otitis media.

Symptoms and treatment of otitis media

Treatment 1: congestive period, if the symptoms are mild, generally good, can not use any sulfonamides or antibiotics, so that children have their own immunity to infected bacteria. In order to prevent negative pressure and exudate in the middle ear, we should treat the eustachian tube at this stage.

Treatment 2: in the exudation stage, in addition to strengthening the nasal drip, so that the middle ear exudate can be discharged through the eustachian tube, sulfonamides or antibiotics should also be given to prevent suppuration.

Treatment 3: suppurative period, in addition to continue to use nasal drops, mainly with a large number of antibiotics, as soon as possible to eliminate the infection of bacteria. Penicillin is the most commonly used antibiotic; 2.4 million U per day for those under 6 years old and 3.2 million U per day for those over 6 years old, injected intramuscularly three to four times.

matters needing attention

For this kind of disease: Patients with otitis media should keep the peace of the surrounding environment, do not exercise too much, do not play flute and balloon, gargle at any time, keep oral hygiene, try to breathe with the nose, sleep with the sick ear facing down when lying on the side, do not blow the nose too hard, and appropriate exercise can also help the nasal canal and eustachian tube unblocked, maintain the excretion and ventilation function of the middle ear.