Treatment For Ear Infections In Children

An Ear infection, also called as otitis media, is the most common cause of earaches. Although this is a frequent cause of infant distress and is often associated with children, it can also affect adults.

Ear infections are said to be the second most common type of infection among babies and toddlers. An ear infection happens when excess fluid gets trapped in the ear leading to a bacterial or viral attack.

Ear infections can cause excessive pain, irritation and other symptoms in the baby. The common symptoms that could indicate an ear infection are as follows:  

1 Irritability: Mood changes and irritability in babies can happen due to a number of reasons. Ear infection can be a probable cause. 
 

2 Loss of appetite: This is the most common sign of an ear infection alongside irritability. Often babies who suffer with an ear infection might refuse a feed either at the breast or the bottle.

3 Uncontrolled crying: Ear infection can at times give rise to acute pains. So this leads to uncontrolled crying of babies. sharp shrill pitch sent out while crying it can indicate a need for more attention. So many other reasons are also there.

4 Flu like symptoms: The most common cause for an ear infection is common cold and cough. Seasonal cold can at times make the Eustachian tube swell and lead to fluid accumulation. Bacterial infection in this fluid can lead to infection of the ear and give rise to mild or moderate fever or other similar symptoms. 
 

5 Pain and pus in the ears: The two most obvious symptoms of ear infection are pain and pus.

6 Sleep disturbance: deep pain causes disturbance for sleep.

7 Tugging of the ears: Babies often tug their ears or keep pulling them for a number of reasons and one of them is due to pain following an ear infection. This is a mechanism that a baby adapts to self soothe from pain or irritation in the ear due to a probable ear infection.

8 Diarrhea and vomiting: The bacteria that cause infection in the ears can at times also upset the GI tract of the babies thereby leading to diarrhea and vomiting.

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