Knowing the ear problems amongst kids - By: Saiera Hilton

some other causes like teething, sore throat, symptoms of cold, runny nose, accumulation of earwax, air pressure changes, fluid buildup without infection (which is called as serous otitis) etcetera.

Who's affected?

It is usually children upto the age of 8 years who are affected most by otitis media. This middle ear infection is mostly seen in young children than in adults. The reason is that young children have soft Eustachian tubes, which can get blocked easily. Almost all children will have experienced earaches and ear infections at least once by the time they are seven. Boys are seen to have more incidences of ear infection than girls. It is seen that ear infection occurs most amongst the children who spend time in day care settings, are bottle fed, use a pacifier, live in households where parents or caretakers smoke, have had previous ear infection or have problems since birth (congenital abnormalities like cleft lip, cleft palate, Down‘s Syndrome).

What are the symptoms?

Pain and fever happen to be the main symptoms of otitis media. Since smaller children cannot describe the feeling of pain, they are observed as getting irritable or as pulling the ear that is affected. If you notice a discharge coming out of the ear, know that the ear drum of the child had burst. While this will lead to a release in the pain, make sure that it is not pointing towards otitis externa. In childhood or infancy, a loss of hearing may go unnoticed. But as children grow up, care takers may realize that the child is having hearing problems if the child fails to react to any sound at all.

What's the treatment?

You can administer pain killers in order to relieve off the earache. In the case of an ear infection, consult a doctor. The doctor can diagnose otitis media by looking into the ear by using an auriscope (an instrument which helps look inside the ear). In case of infection, one can also administer antibiotics, but it is usually seen, that even acute cases of otitis media clear up themselves within a few days, without being given any medicine for. In case of a glue ear, doctors may perform a surgery in order to insert a tiny drainage tube called grommet inside the ear.

In the case of hearing loss, get a thorough assessment done by an expert using a variety of check-ups and test in order to know the extent of hearing loss and get the treatment done accordingly.

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