What causes ear pain in children?

Ear pain is actually quite common in children. Parents must not take it lightly and should promptly check any ear discomfort because the ears are used to listen to external sounds. If there is any problem with hearing, the way to obtain sound will be lost. There are many reasons that cause ear pain in children, so they need to be checked one by one.

Causes of ear pain Ear pain is a common disease. The most common clinical disease is otitis media, an inflammatory lesion involving all or part of the structure of the middle ear, most of which are nonspecific inflammations. Its symptoms include ear pain, fever, chills, bitter taste in the mouth, red or yellow urine, constipation, and hearing loss. If the eardrum is perforated, pus will flow out of the ear and the pain will be relieved.

According to experts, ear pain may be a sign of hidden illness. So, what are the specific diseases? Ear pain is a very common symptom, almost everyone will experience it, and the main reason is otitis media. Otitis media is a common condition and its symptoms also include:

1. Hearing loss: decreased hearing and enhanced self-hearing. The symptoms are that turning the head sometimes improves the condition and sometimes causes blockage. If only one ear is affected, it may go unnoticed for a long time.

2. Earache: Acute otitis media will cause persistent dull earache or occasional cramping pain, while chronic otitis media patients will not have obvious earache. This disease may be accompanied by a feeling of blockage or stuffiness in the ear, which can be temporarily relieved by pressing the tragus.

3. Tinnitus: It is mostly low-pitched and intermittent, such as "crackling", buzzing and the sound of running water. When the head moves or when yawning or blowing the nose, a sound of air passing through water may be heard in the ears.

In short, the causes of ear pain are very complicated, and the key to treatment is to find out the cause and treat it accordingly.

What to do if you have ear pain? Most of the ear pain symptoms are caused by otitis media. What should you do?

To treat otitis media, it can be cured by conservative and standardized treatment. You can use hydrogen peroxide for cleaning, take amoxicillin capsules, levofloxacin hydrochloride tablets and other treatments appropriately, or see a Chinese medicine doctor and use medicine such as Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, Huanglian Shangqing Pills, Longdan Xiegan Pills according to the syndrome differentiation, drink plenty of water, eat a light diet, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and also pay attention to the following daily precautions.

1. Try not to pick your ears. Do not use dirty, sharp objects to dig your ears to avoid infection and inflammation. The distance from the opening of the external auditory canal to the eardrum of an adult is only 3.5 cm. When using a cotton swab to clean earwax, the part that extends into the external auditory canal should be between 2.5 and 3 cm to avoid puncturing the eardrum. In addition, do not go to massage parlors or beauty salons for ear cleaning. First, there is no guarantee that the instruments are sterilized, and second, non-professionals may injure the eardrum.

2. Prevent colds. Summer is the peak season for colds. Otitis is often caused by colds, and Eustachian tube obstruction can cause infiltrative otitis media.

3. Try not to let water enter the external auditory canal. When swimming or washing your hair or taking a bath, if water enters your ears, wipe it off immediately with a cotton swab to keep the external auditory canal clean and dry.