What are the symptoms of otitis media in infants and young children?

1. Scratch your ears.

Babies with otitis media will always scratch their ears with their hands because they feel itchy ears, and if parents don't pay attention to it, the baby may scratch their ears and cry. The baby is still young, can't speak, and can't express uncomfortable places. Once the baby is crying, parents should pay more attention to check the baby's body.

2. Vomiting and diarrhea.

Baby otitis media may also have symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, especially in babies with acute purulent disease, this symptom is more obvious. This is because the baby's digestive system is eroded by inflammation, which can lead to vomiting and diarrhea. In addition, the baby may also experience symptoms such as poor appetite and irritability.

3. Insensitive to sound.

Babies with otitis media may not be so sensitive to the sounds that appear suddenly or the sounds of their parents talking. This is because your baby's ears are clogged with fluid, resulting in hearing loss. After a long time, the baby's hearing damage is very great.

4. There is fluid flowing out of the ear.

Some babies may have fluid coming out of their ears after they have otitis media. At first, the fluid is bloody, but it may slowly become viscous, and parents should pay attention to it, and the baby's condition is more serious.

Different types and age groups of otitis media will present differently. If the toddler does not have the ability to express himself, he or she may scratch his ears for unknown reasons, cry or shake his head frequently. If you have the ability to express, the symptoms of otitis media are headache, earache, dizziness and may be accompanied by tinnitus, and some patients will have hearing loss.

Otitis media is an inflammatory lesion of the ear canal, which can affect the eustachian tube, tympanic cavity, tympanic sinus, and mastoid air chamber, and is more common in children. Common symptoms of otitis media in young children include ear canal discharge, earache, fever, vomiting, etc.

If otitis media is secretory otitis media, you may experience ear tightness, hearing loss, and even a feeling of water in your ears, which is usually done by unblocking the Eustachian tube**.

Otalgia. Acute otitis media.

Presents with sudden onset earache at night or after sleeping, and often a history of upper respiratory tract infection. But secretory otitis media.

Mostly no earache. Hearing loss.

Hearing loss is mostly mild to moderate, generally no more than 60 decibels, and the main manifestations of the child are "ahhh

Tinnitus. Some children may have tinnitus.

Ear discharge. Acute otitis media after tympanic membrane perforation and/or chronic otitis media.

Ear discharge may occur.

Abnormal balance. Individual children may have unsteady walking.

Symptoms vary slightly depending on different types of otitis media. Typical symptoms of suppurative otitis media include earache, hearing loss, discharge of water in the ear canal, pus, and even bleeding. Secretory otitis media is mostly manifested as ear pain, ear tightness, ear blockage, hearing loss or tinnitus.

In addition to the above typical symptoms, it can also be accompanied by fever, headache and other systemic symptoms. Symptoms: 1. Earache is more common in acute purulent otitis media, and the pain is more obvious when the tympanic membrane is hyperemia, and if it is accompanied by purulent discharge in the middle ear, it can be manifested as severe pain.

Some patients will experience a feeling of ear congestion. 2. Patients with suppurative otitis media with flowing water or purulent ear canal, when the eardrum is perforated, watery, bloody or purulent discharge will flow out of the ear canal. Ear canal discharge can be persistent or intermittent, with the former being more common in middle ear cholesteatomas, especially when the ear canal discharge is like tofu residue with a foul odor, and the latter is more common in chronic simple otitis media.

3. Most patients with hearing loss will be accompanied by varying degrees of hearing loss, especially patients with middle ear cholesteatoma, because the ossicular chain is destroyed by cholesteatoma, the hearing loss is more serious. 4. Some patients with tinnitus will be accompanied by low-key or high-profile tinnitus. In patients with secretory otitis media, when the nose is pinched and the air is puffed, the "sound of air passing through the water" in the ear will be heard.

Note: Some patients may have symptoms such as fever, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Babies are young and have poor resistance, so they are prone to illness. Many parents are not careful enough to take care of their babies, and they will find out that the baby has been sick for a long time, and the baby's body has been greatly harmed. Moreover, it is more troublesome to get up, and the recovery time will be prolonged, so parents must learn more about the disease.

So what are the symptoms of otitis media in babies?

When your baby suffers from otitis media, his mental state will deteriorate, his appetite will also decrease, and his hearing will also be affected. After the severity of otitis media, the baby's ears will be uncomfortable, and the younger baby will not be able to express it in words, and will show it in other ways. Sleeping after the baby suffers from otitis media will also be affected, due to the pain in the ear, the baby will always sleep poorly, and it is easy to wake up in pain.

When the baby has otitis media, he will have a high fever and his body temperature will rise to between 39-40 degrees. Babies are prone to crying after fever, and will also have symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, which are a bit like enteritis and colds. When the baby has these symptoms, it is necessary to do a detailed examination, if the baby's eardrum is congested, red and swollen, etc., it means that the baby has otitis media.

When otitis is severe, the baby's body will be hot, the face will be poor, and the ears will be painful and pus. Therefore, once it is found that the baby is suffering from otitis media, it should be brought to the hospital in time to avoid more serious injuries caused by a long delay.

Systemic symptoms vary from mild to severe. Earache deep pain in the ear that gradually worsens. Ear discharge is the main symptom of the disease and can be mucus, mucopus, or purulent. Hearing loss and tinnitus Initial feeling of tightness in the ears, followed by a gradual loss of hearing and tinnitus.

Acute otitis media is mostly caused by acute infectious inflammation of the periosteum and tympanic mucosa caused by bacterial infection, manifested by hearing loss, ear discharge and ear pain. Systemic symptoms include fever, general malaise, gastrointestinal nausea, vomiting, etc.

The main symptoms of otitis media in infants and young children are fever and burning sensation in the ears, and some children have respiratory symptoms, such as redness, sore throat.

Cause analysis. Most children with otitis media are caused by a cold and are a common symptom of the subsequent symptoms of a cold. It is also partly caused by inflammation of the ear, which is mainly a bacterial infection. For example, dirty water in the ears, etc.

Initiatives are proposed. The main method is to control the infection, in addition to taking cephalosporin antibiotics, ear drops should be used to drop into the ear canal for symptomatic treatment. Keep warm and don't catch a cold. Eat lightly, drink plenty of water, and pay attention to ear hygiene.

Otitis media in infants is mainly due to ear discomfort due to bacterial infections. Acute otitis media can cause hearing impairment if left untreated**. Therefore, paying more attention to baby's ear hygiene and preventing cold diseases is the main way to reduce the occurrence of otitis media.

So what are the early symptoms of otitis media in infants? Let's find out!

1. Fever. If the baby suddenly has a fever and does not have cold symptoms, and the fever medicine still persists, it is necessary to consider the possibility of the baby suffering from otitis media, and take the baby to the otolaryngology department for examination as soon as possible.

2. Scratch your ears.

Generally, older babies will tell their parents when they are uncomfortable. If the baby keeps scratching his ears and the eardrum is swollen and red, parents also need to consider the baby's otitis media.

3. Shake your head. Babies with otitis media will feel discomfort in the head, and there will be left and right shaking head, because the inside of the baby's ears is uncomfortable, so they will shake their heads to relieve the discomfort.

4. Crying. If your baby suddenly becomes irritable, crying, and wakes up frequently at night, you need to take your baby to the doctor right away.

5. Poor hearing.

Babies with otitis media will have fluid leaking out of their eardrums, which can lead to hearing loss. If you find that your baby is very slow to respond to the mother's calls, you should treat it immediately.

Otitis media in infants is generally caused by viruses in the upper respiratory tract that cause infection of the upper respiratory tract, affecting the function of the eustachian tube, causing the Eustachian tube to be blocked, causing otitis media, especially acute otitis media. Therefore, otitis media will first have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection such as nasal congestion, cough, and runny nose, and secondly, symptoms of general fever may appear, and then local symptoms of otitis media will appear, including earache, ear scratching, shaking head, and rubbing ears. Sometimes the inflammation is not well controlled, and there is pus in the ear, discharge from the ear canal, and smell.

Therefore, when there are symptoms of cold upper respiratory tract, especially nasal congestion, decongestants or nasal spray hormones should be given first to prevent otitis media caused by Eustachian tube blockage, and prevent and prevent the occurrence of otitis media as soon as possible.

Manifestations of otitis media symptoms in infants The early manifestations of otitis media in infants are not very obvious, such as irritability, crying, including refusal to eat and even digestive symptoms, such as diarrhea, etc., with the development of the disease, there may be high fever, refusal to touch the ears, and later there will be running water and pus in the ear canal, and the examination in the hospital can find purulent discharge in the external auditory canal, and the tympanic membrane of the middle ear may be perforated after cleaning.

Ear inflammation is otitis media, which is a common type of earache in children. Otitis media usually occurs in children under 8 years of age. It is often a painful complication of an upper respiratory tract infection such as the common cold or throat infection.

When babies spit up, choke and twist their noses too hard, bacteria can easily enter the middle ear from the eustachian tube and become the most common cause of suppurative otitis media. If there is otitis media, babies and toddlers are generally only irritable and crying, and parents are often overwhelmed. However, if you gently press your fingers on your ears at this time, if your child's crying worsens, or if you use your hands to defend yourself, it means that there is a problem in the ear.

In addition, due to gravity, when the child is held upright, the pain is often relieved due to the improvement of congestion in the ear, which also indicates the presence of middle ear inflammation. Symptoms of otitis media in children.

1. Fever without cold symptoms 2. Refusal to eat, crying, and reluctance to sleep.

3. Slow response.

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What are the symptoms of otitis media in infants?

1. Scratch your ears.

Before the age of 2, the child can't tell what hurts him, but he will tell you with actions. If he keeps touching his ears, scratching his ears, and pulling his ears, you have to wonder if he has otitis media.

2. Fever. Otitis media is often accompanied by a sudden fever, the body temperature can rise to 40, and when the fever persists after taking medicine, it is necessary to consider that the baby may suffer from otitis media, and go to the otolaryngology department for examination as soon as possible.

3. Shake your head left and right.

Shaking the head from side to side is also an important feature of otitis media. Because of the discomfort in the ear, the baby will try to reduce the symptoms by shaking his head. So, if you notice that your baby is restless and shakes his head, you should think that his ears may be uncomfortable.

4. Crying. If your child suddenly becomes irritable, cries incessantly, and has trouble sleeping at night because of pain, you should take him to the doctor immediately.

5. Accumulation of water in the ears.

In an attack of otitis media, water builds up in the middle ear and the eardrum swells. When the eardrum is perforated, a yellow secretion flows out. If dry skin appears around your child's ears, you should pay attention.

6. Hearing impairment:

Because a large amount of fluid is trapped in the middle ear, otitis media can cause temporary hearing impairment in your baby. If you notice that your baby is slow to respond to your call, and you call him several times and ignore him, take him to an ENT as soon as possible.

Hello, otitis media in infants is more common caused by choking, or water in the ear and cold, if there is choking, first correct the feeding method, it can be solved, if it is the latter two, you need to take oral anti-inflammatory drugs.

Otitis media is usually treated with topical or systemic medications or surgery**, which is effective. If left unreasonable**, serious complications can occur.

The symptoms of otitis media in infants are lack of energy, lack of appetite, tinnitus in the ears, and discomfort in the ears will affect the baby's play and sleep.

The most common clinical symptom is earache, and young children often scratch their ears with their hands, but there is no pus and their sensitivity to sound is reduced; Pus may also flow. Because the eustachian tube of young children is underdeveloped, in the case of cold, fever or rhinitis, if the feeding posture is not correct, it can produce choking, and the milk flows into the ear, causing otitis media.