The child shoots the ear: what to do and how to treat?
If the child shoots the ear, what should I do? This pain is familiar to almost every adult. But when the ears hurt the child, parents sometimes start to panic. Often the root causes are very banal. But pain can also occur due to some diseases.
The most common cause of
Mostly in the ears shoots in young children. Attacks can be very long and often have severe pain. Most often this is a manifestation of otitis. The disease appears because of the inflamed nasopharynx. Otitis is a complication of respiratory diseases. If the child has a strong ear shot, what should I do? Try to clarify some of the symptoms:
- audibility of sounds can be lowered;
- voices come as if from afar;
- appears in the ears;In rare cases, the
- has a high temperature;
- there is a headache;
- from the ears may start purulent discharge.
Having noted all of the above, what the child complains about, you should immediately consult a doctor. If the otitis occurs in mild form, then the disease is quickly treated with drops, ointments and compresses. But with general intoxication, antibiotics are already needed. They are used only after consultation with a doctor.
Consequences of otitis
When a child shoots an ear, what should I do? If it is a manifestation of otitis, then it is necessary to urgently consult a doctor. Otherwise, serious complications can occur: meningitis, mastoiditis, or labyrinthitis. They are dangerous in that a child may lose some hearing, or there may be consequences in the form of a fatal outcome.
Other possible causes of pain in the ears
In addition to otitis, there are other possible causes when the ears hurt in children. This may be the effects of a trauma to the tympanic septum. Sometimes in the ears of young children are foreign objects( insects, bones from berries, buttons, etc.).
If the pain in the ears appeared after bathing or diving, it is possible that the ear canal has got water. The cause may be enlarged adenoids. But parents will not be able to make an accurate diagnosis. As soon as the child's ears are ill, you need to contact LOR.
First aid for ear pain, if there is no temperature or injury
If the child shoots the ear, first aid if it is not possible to go to the doctor right away( this happened in the village, far out of town, etc.) should be provided by the parents. If the temperature does not rise, and visually there are no traces of trauma or a foreign object in the auditory shell, it may be an infection or a cold.
In this case, you need to drip into the nose drops "Snoop", "Naphthyzin" or similar drugs. Place the baby in a dry place. But to use for warming up the ear a bottle with hot water or a heating pad is not recommended until the examination of a specialist. To the sore spot is applied a dry fleece. Then covered with a piece of polyethylene, and on top - a scarf or cap.
If available, antiseptics can be used. The ear is smeared with "Chlorhexidine" or "Miramistin."In the hole of the shell is inserted a turunda moistened with the listed preparations. The child is given an anesthetic: "Ibuprofen" or "Paracetamol."
What if the child shoots his ear and the temperature is greatly increased?
How to provide first aid, if the baby, in addition to ear pains, also raised the temperature? It happens that the opportunity to immediately be at a doctor's appointment is not. In this case, it is necessary to drip into the nose vasodilating drops. This will help reduce swelling in the auditory tube or passageway. Up to 3 years of age, medical sprays are not allowed.
If the temperature has risen above 38 degrees, the child is given an antipyretic drug. But any warm-up is categorically contraindicated. You can only install turunda with an antiseptic. And at the first opportunity to apply to LOR.Before his examination, it is forbidden to dig in droplets. This can damage the eardrum.
What if ear pain does not appear due to illness?
When a child shoots an ear, what should I do if it is not a consequence of the disease? In this case, the most probable cause is the ingress of a foreign object into the ear canal.
The first action is to look at the child's ear. If something really is in the ear canal, then you can not get the object yourself. Otherwise, the foreign object can go deeper into the ear. In this case, you need to urgently go to a polyclinic or a trauma center.
If the ear pains appeared after bathing and the cause was water, and not inflammation, the dry organ will help the sick body. Any medications are excluded. To the ear, maximum, a salt pad or heated salt is applied. Dry compress lasts from 10 to 15 minutes. At the top of the heater is put on a feather headscarf or a knitted hat. But before the procedure it is necessary to make sure that there is no temperature, no pus coming out of the ear.
So that the child does not get sore from the water due to water, after bathing they are thoroughly wiped with a towel, cotton pad or dried by a hair dryer at a distance of a meter from the head. It is not recommended to use cotton buds to remove water. Earwax should not be removed completely. It is a microflora for beneficial bacteria and a moisture barrier that could get into the ear. 
How is the child treated with shooting pain?
If a child shoots an ear than heals at home, you can first try to reduce pain. If there is no temperature, a warming compress is done. For this, water and vodka are taken in a 1: 1 ratio. In the resulting liquid, the gauze is wetted and wrung out. On the area around the ear is applied a baby cream. Gauze is applied to it. The compress is wound up with a bandage and holds for an hour.
Another method uses table salt, previously fried in a pan until golden brown. Then she poured into a cloth bag, which is pressed against the sick ear. Holds until completely cooled.
When does a child shoot an ear than heal? Pain in the ears often occurs due to a common cold. Therefore, to normalize breathing, the nose is cleansed of mucus, and then the baby is digested with drops of "Tizin", "Nazivin" and their analogs.
Inflammatory processes in the ears are removed with a solution of boric acid, levomycetinic or furatsilinovym alcohol or "Otipaksom."However, strict dosage must be observed. If the child shoots the ear, how to anesthetize?"Nurofen", "Analgin", "Efferalgan" and their analogues will help for this purpose.
But all medicines must be prescribed by a doctor. Treatment is strictly individual and is based on many factors. If a child is prescribed antibiotics, then they are taken by a course of five to ten days. With damaged eardrums, "Otipax" is contraindicated. Therefore, other drugs are prescribed. After instillation in the ear, they are closed with a cotton swab dipped in boric alcohol.
A prerequisite for treatment - washing the nose with saline and removing mucus from the sinuses. And then - the instillation of drops. The rising temperature must necessarily be lost. With swelling of the nasopharynx, Sinupret is most commonly prescribed. To relieve pain in the ears prescribed antihistamines.
How to treat ear pain with folk methods?
If the child shoots the ear, how to treat it folk remedies? There are many time-tested recipes:
- Camphor oil. It is heated and warmed up in the ears.
- Beet. Helps to eliminate pain. It is made in the form of a compress. Beets are peeled, cut into pieces and boiled in a small amount of water and honey. Then the pieces of the vegetable are taken, kneaded and laid out in a gauze dressing from several layers. The compress is applied to the diseased ear.
- Propolis tincture. Good for otitis.10% extract is mixed with olive or corn oil 1: 2.In the resulting mixture immersed flagellum from gauze. Then they are squeezed out and inserted into the ears for three hours. The course of treatment is daily for two weeks.
- Onion. If the otitis has passed into a purulent phase, then it is treated with the help of a compress. From the onion is prepared gruel, which is added in small amounts of cream or flaxseed oil. The obtained composition is impregnated with tampons. Then they are inserted for a short time in the ears.
- Air. It helps with hearing impairment. To restore it, take one tablespoon of the ground roots of the plant and fill it with a glass of water. The mixture is then boiled for 30 minutes. The broth cools, and the child should drink it 3 times a day before meals, on a tablespoon.
- Warming with a cotton swab. She well removes shooting ear pain. In warmed water drops the cotton swab. And immediately inserted into the eye of the child. It lasts 30 seconds and the procedure is repeated again. Warming is done 4 times in each ear 3 times a day.
Prevention
When the child shoots his ear, "What should I do?" - the very first question. In order that it does not have to be asked, it is necessary to observe uncomplicated prophylaxis. Maintain the immune system with vitamins and mandatory charging. During a cold, wash your nose with special solutions. Monitor the baby's diet.
Do not treat ear pain without consulting a doctor. Before the examination, you can use only nasal vasodilator drops, give antipyretic or anesthetic drugs, put your ears in dry heat. Contraindicated heating or drops in the ear canal, if the child has a fever.