Otitis media in children, what to do?
Otitis media is an inflammation of the middle ear, which causes pain in the inner ear and cause fever.
This incident never happened on my first child, Fauzan age of 6 years, he felt the pain, crying and fever. The first symptoms often felt pain in the mouth, so that my wife suspect suspect child will grow toothache or tooth.
As more and feel pain, then at night we brought the hospital to the Emergency Unit, examined by the attending physician said that the ear dirty, asked to see a doctor tomorrow ear nose and throat, while the children were given a drug fever.
Inflammation of the ear only visible when the child is examined by a doctor the next day, and seen there is inflammation of the middle ear.
Why is an infection of the middle ear?
The ear is located behind the eardrum becomes inflamed. From there, pharynx passes through the Eustachian tube or commonly called the Eustachian tube. You aerate the middle ear and equalizes the pressure between the middle ear and the outside air cavity. But pathogens in this way can be migrated to the ear. As in the nose swell is on the mucosa. It collects secretion, inflammation can occur.
At the time taken to the doctor, the doctor checked, then give medication to reduce pain, and the child should rest to allow the inflammation to normal soon.
How to prevent middle ear infection?
A study has shown that babies who are exclusively breastfed for the first three months of middle ear infections tend. Cigarette smoke is detrimental to it. In addition, parents should not be too much sucking her pacifier.
