Ear Otitis. Treatment of otitis media folk remedies

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Causes of the disease

Otitis is a common disease. It is especially unpleasant that infants are often exposed to it. In childhood, otitis is due to the physiological location of the Eustachian tube, which is located between the nasopharynx and the middle ear. This promotes the penetration of pathogens from the pharynx. Note that the risk of otitis increases dramatically in children with allergies, because excessive mucus secretion and enlarged adenoids block the Eustachian tube. Otitis is also a common complication of upper respiratory tract infections. If you do not give the proper attention to the disease, it can develop into chronic otitis media. Treatment of this form of the disease is always more complex and long, accompanied by severe pain, secretions.

• Symptoms of otitisSharp pain in the ear canal.
• Patient condition usually worsens in the evening.
• The patient may have increased irritability, restless sleep, hearing loss.

Note that with otitis due to
, high pressure in the middle ear may cause a rupture of the tympanic membrane, which will undoubtedly lead to deterioration of hearing. Therefore, the treatment of the initial form, as well as the treatment of chronic otitis media, can not be performed without a doctor's supervision. When manifesting the first symptoms of the disease, it is recommended to seek advice from the otolaryngologist.

Ear Otitis. Treatment of otitis with folk remedies

The first help for a patient can become a warming compress. The most popular mistake lies in the fact that the treatment covers the entire ear with an auditory passage. Correctly apply a compress around the auricle. To prepare a warming mixture use alcohol, diluted in half with boiled water, or vodka. Note that the compress should be applied for 1-2 hours. If you are suffering from otitis media, treatment for otitis needs to be done, supplementing with the use of folk remedies. Here are some of them:

• Garlic oil. To make it, 2/3 of the chopped garlic should be mixed with 1/3 of the vegetable oil, the composition must be infused for 10 days in a warm, better sunny place. Garlic oil must be instilled in a pair of drops in the diseased ear.   
• Prepare a decoction of green poppy heads in milk and irrigate the affected ear. Half a cup of milk should take 7 green poppy heads and boil them in it for half an hour.
• Many people simply can not tolerate the pain that otitis media causes, the treatment of otitis in this case must begin with the removal of this discomfort. For this, you can do an ear wash with alcohol. The patient should be laid on the side of a healthy ear, and in the patient pour 5-6 drops of warmed up to 37 degrees of alcohol. It is necessary to maintain this position for 15 minutes. The pain will begin to decrease after 5 minutes.
• Aloe and Kalanchoe are good help in the treatment of otitis. They are applied as a compress. Kashitsu from the leaves of these plants spread on a bandage and attached to a sick ear for the night. This mixture soothes the pain, draws pus.
• To relieve pain and inflammation, the ear is recommended to warm up( only if it does not have pus) with salt and even a piece of brick. Salt is heated in a frying pan, poured into a sock and applied to the ear. Brick or stone is heated in the oven, wrapped in a cloth. It is important not to apply too hot to the sick ear in order to avoid burns.