Why do you have to give the nose something when you give the ear something?
Can otitis media still have a recurrence after cold?
The area that we usually reach with an earscoop is the external ear canal, and at the end of the external ear canal is a pale translucent membrane called the eardrum.
The back of the tympanic membrane is the middle ear, it will let the child have trouble sleeping and eating, the cause of otitis media is various.
Some diseases such as adenoid hypertrophy, rhinitis, sinusitis, etc. may induce otitis media.Sometimes you can also see the emergence of otitis media after swimming or flying, washing the ear water caused by otitis media basically does not happen.
And the most common cause in our clinic is a cold.
Why children cold more likely to cause otitis media?
Because the eustachian tube next to the child's middle ear is nearly horizontal, and the lumen is shorter and the inner diameter is wider.
Therefore, whether it is an increase in nasal mucus during a cold, or coughing and blowing nose too hard, resulting in congestion and swelling of the eustachian tube mucosa and cilia movement disorders, it is easy for bacteria in the nasal cavity to reach the middle ear through the short flat eustachian tube, causing acute otitis media.
The doctor will treat the child according to his condition.
Symptoms include analgesic sedation, if there is pus need to be drained and cleaned, and the root of the treatment is to use sufficient antibiotics to control the infection.
To give the medicine to the child's ear, the child needs to lie down on his side, gently pull the auricle back and up, drop the medicine into the ear, and then gently massage the tragus for about 5 minutes.
Give something to the nose, because the tube connects the middle ear to the nasal cavity, and when the swelling of the nasal mucosa goes down, the tube clears.
The fluid in the middle ear can be smoothly drained to the nasopharynx, which can make the otitis media recover as soon as possible.
The nasal drip only needs to be placed in the nasal cavity on the same side as the affected ear.
Had otitis media, after the cold is not easy to relapse?
Until the child gradually grows into an adult, the eustachian tube gradually becomes thinner and grows to a certain Angle, and bacteria can no longer easily enter, and the risk factor is greatly reduced.
Before this, if the child has a cold and the nose is blocked badly, you can prophylactically drop a little nasal drops to keep his nasal cavity as smooth as possible to avoid the recurrence of otitis media.
