How to help a child with severe earache

An earache in a child, sudden or aching, can develop into an inflammatory process and serious health problems. If you run the disease, there is a danger of even losing hearing. At the first symptoms you need to consult a specialist: a pediatrician and otolaryngologist, until the disease has become threatening.

It is impossible to determine on your own how serious the effects of ear pain are if the person does not have a medical education. But you can give first aid to the child. The main thing with this - do no harm.

Causes of severe earache in a child

The most common cause of ear pain in young children is inflammation or otitis. Otitis can be caused by a bacterial infection, and inflammation by hypothermia or a virus. Children under 5 years old do not yet have a stable immune system, and if they do not stop the disease at an early stage, the inflammation can also go to a healthy ear.

Otitis can be diagnosed by external and internal signs. External otitis is accompanied by inflammation of the ear, hearing impairment and may occur due to drafts or a long stay in a cool room. A furuncle or purulent discharge may occur. Internal otitis is determined by acute pain when touched to the auricle, high fever, and tinnitus.

Symptomatology

Ear pain may not be accompanied by fever and can occur for various reasons:

1. Damage to the auricle.
2. Trauma of the eardrum.
3. Ear contact with insect.
4. The passage is blocked with gray.
5. Entry of a foreign object.
6. Water ingress.
7. A sharp increase in blood pressure.
8. Intracranial pressure.
9. Allergy.
10. Tumor.

There are other pathologies that are not as common. Fungal infection may be accompanied by itching. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the auricle most often occurs if otitis does not cure in time. If the child hears sounds from afar, pain in the teeth, sore throat and nasopharynx, then this may be a consequence of a sore throat, sinusitis or mumps.

Peculiarities of pain symptoms in newborns

Most often, ear problems can occur in premature and weak babies. It’s not so easy to understand what the newborn is worried about; it’s better to go to the doctor right away. But the baby can tell her mom that he has a pain in his ear.

This pain is accompanied by the following symptoms:

1. Cry.
2. Breast failure.
3. Heat.
4. The child wants to eat, but when breastfeeding or bottle feeding, the pain in the auricle increases, and he refuses to eat.

Half-year old children can touch the sore spot with their hands and report a problem. If you touch the ear cartilage with your finger, the child will immediately respond. More obvious symptoms may be purulent discharge. If after a hard night accompanied by vomiting, dried pus is found in the auricle, then you should immediately contact a specialist.

Earache in children 2-4 years

A child at a more conscious age can already say that he is worried. Even if the crumb speaks badly, mom will understand that her child is worried about something.

Pay attention to the child's behavior:

1. He will touch the sore spot and press on it.
2. There may be complaints of pain in the mouth.
3. Turning his neck, he can feel a sharp pain and cry.
4. Temperature increase observed.
5. There is irritability and restless sleep.

Tip! Seeing yellowish or brown marks on the pillow, do not panic and go to the clinic. Sign up with a therapist or otolaryngologist. If the pain is severe, then call an ambulance.

How to remove an earache in a child

To help your child and relieve earache, there are several options:

1. Pain can be alleviated by dripping nose drops. This procedure will reduce swelling and improve ventilation of the internal system.
2. Ear drops will be effective. Remember that drops should be at room temperature.
3. You can not bury the ear, and moisten the cotton wool with medicine and place it in the auricle.
4. Give the child a pain reliever. Paracetamol or Nurofen not only relieves pain, but also normalizes body temperature.
5. Make a spirit compress on the ear of the child.

Home Therapy

If a child has pain not sharp, but aching, then you can calm it with warmth if you press a cotton swab or bandage, folded in several layers, to your ear. There are other effective compresses:

1. Attach a napkin dipped in aloe juice.
2. Attach the geranium leaves.
3. Add heated olive or camphor oil to the fleece and place in the auricle.

Remember that alcohol and heat compresses are allowed only if the body temperature is normal. Compress can be fixed on the head with a bandage and additionally give anesthetic pill. Compress will help relieve pain and relieve swelling, but even if the baby was able to sleep, it is better to visit the doctor immediately in the morning.

Folk recipes

Traditional medicine is very effective in the treatment of inflammatory processes in the human body. With the help of folk recipes, you can provide first aid or kill the disease at the initial stage.

Consider the most effective and safe recipes:

1. Compress with almond oil or squeezed walnut.
2. Make a solution of several components: combine the propolis tincture with honey and moisten a cotton wool with it. You can walk with this compress for a long time and change the fleece up to three times a day.
3. If a fungal infection is detected, cedar nut oil will help.
4. Make a decoction of bay leaf. After it boils, let it brew for 15-20 minutes. It is buried in the ear three times a day.
5. Boric acid applied to the swab will have a calming effect. This tool can be purchased at any pharmacy.

The basic rule for inflammation in the ears is to observe the water regime. You can not wet the ear, because it provokes the multiplication of bacteria in the inflammation. It is because of this that purulent discharge begins.

Drug treatment

Consider drugs that can be purchased without a prescription at any pharmacy. Their action is aimed at relieving inflammation and pain:

1. Sofradex - fights disease at the bacterial level.
2. Candibiotics - relieves inflammation and pain, is indicated when water enters the ear canals.
3. Otipaks - will help with otitis.
4. The otinum can be applied to children from 1 year of life.
5. Otofa is a potent antibiotic.

Tip! If you decide to be treated with drugs, then when buying drugs, check their expiration date and storage methods. Most of these drops should be stored in the refrigerator.

What not to do if the child’s ear hurts

Because of their inexperience, young mothers often do not help, but harm their child.

Consider the main points:

1. If a child has a sharp pain and the decision is made to call a doctor, there is no need to give painkillers. In this case, the specialist will not be able to properly assess his condition. It is better to make a compress using a popular recipe.
2. Use only proven folk remedies.
3. In no case do not warm the ear if the child has a high temperature or pus is released.
4. If an object gets into the ear, do not try to pull it out yourself.
5. You need to understand: whether the infant is worried about the ear. Angina or sinusitis often give pain in the auricle.
6. Drug treatment is indicated only at temperatures above 38 degrees.
7. Do not try to put the fleece with the drug as deep as possible. Do not press down the ear area to see how bad the pain is.

In spite of the fact that wetting the auricle is by no means impossible, the child should drink more water. Try to keep the child talking less and try to sleep.

Preventive actions

Sometimes an earache can appear after it has been damaged with cotton swabs without restraints. Never insert the wand deep. If a baby eats breast milk, after eating, be sure to hold it vertically so that when regurgitation milk does not fall into the nose or ears.

In most cases, otitis media is a complication after a cold. Small children are more prone to colds. Dress the child for the weather, do not walk on very windy days and air the room when the child is absent. If the baby's ears hurt, it does not mean that walks are contraindicated for him. Fresh air is necessary, but be sure to close the ear with a thick cap and a cotton swab.

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