Baby's ear cartilage is purple

When taking care of a baby, there are many things that require special attention. Since the baby's body is still in the development stage, if the baby is not taken care of correctly, it will often cause some harm to the baby. Everyone knows that ears play an important role. If there is a problem with the ears, hearing will be affected. If you take proper care of your baby, it will be very beneficial to the baby's hearing.

The baby's ear cartilage turned purple due to local collision, which may be caused by subcutaneous blood stasis and exudation. If the child's ear is obviously painful when touched, he or she should go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid infection and purulent perichondritis. In the early stages of trauma, you can use ice compresses within 24 hours. If it is a young child, you can use a cool towel to apply it, and then a hot towel to apply it.

The correct way to care for your baby's ears

When feeding, it is best to let the baby take a semi-sitting position

The correct breastfeeding posture is: if you are feeding while sitting, you should hold the baby diagonally in your arms, so that the baby is in a semi-sitting position, and the leg that the baby's upper body is resting on can be raised with a small stool; if you are feeding while lying on your side, the mother should use her arms to support the baby's upper body and head to obtain the most suitable angle.

Do you need to go to the hospital to clean your baby's earwax?

The doctor can directly observe the inside of the ear canal through an ear lamp or a reflective otoscope. If there is a lot of earwax, it can be directly removed with a cotton swab or medical tweezers. When earwax has formed into cerumen stones and is difficult to remove, the doctor can also use ear drops to soften the earwax. The softened earwax will be discharged from the external auditory canal and is also easy to clean.

Ask your baby if he has ear discomfort after a respiratory infection

When a child suffers from a respiratory tract infection, pathogenic bacteria can easily enter the middle ear through the Eustachian tube and cause otitis media. However, this type of acute otitis media usually occurs 7 to 10 days after a cold, so it is easily ignored by parents. After the baby's respiratory tract infection symptoms have disappeared, parents also need to pay attention to whether the baby shows symptoms of otitis media. In addition, actively preventing colds or shortening the cold cycle as much as possible is the best way to prevent children from suffering from otitis media.

If your baby has a cold or otitis media, don't take a plane.

If the child is in good physical condition, there will generally not be any major problems with flying. During takeoff and landing, you can let your child relieve the pressure on his ears by feeding or sucking on a pacifier. However, it is best not to fly when your baby has a cold or otitis media. Because the Eustachian tube is in a state of edema at this time, it will increase the pressure on the ear.

Do not let your baby wear headphones for a long time

Some parents think that MP3 is very fashionable, so they want their babies to "enjoy" it as well. However, because babies are young, they may not be able to control the volume well. If the volume is too loud, it will damage the baby's hearing. In addition, the earplugs of the headphones are directly inserted into the ears, and the sound directly stimulates the eardrum, and then is transmitted through the eardrum. Over time, the eardrum is easily fatigued and hearing loss is easily caused. Therefore, when letting your baby listen to music or stories, it is best to use external speakers, and the volume should not be too loud.