Acute Otitis Media Guide

Acute Otitis Media is the middle ear mucosa acute suppurative inflammation. Occurred in children. In the acute upper respiratory tract infection, acute infectious diseases, and in the sewage swimming or diving, inappropriate pharyngeal advocate Zhang, Xing nose or nasal cavity after treatment invasive way to the middle ear through the eustachian tube. Tympanic membrane or trauma, tympanic membrane puncture, tympanic membrane tube after invasive means of the external auditory canal ear drum. Infants on their anatomy physiological characteristics, the more vulnerable than adults from the middle ear infections in this way. The eustachian tube infants short, wide and straight, such as breast-feeding improperly located 15 minutes sucking milk, milk or vomit via the eustachian tube into the middle ear. The main symptoms are pain, otorrhea, and hearing loss, and systemic symptoms different degrees of seriousness, not statements of infant illness, frequently manifests itself fever, crying disturbed, grasping ears shaking his head, and even vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Attendance Guide: 1, children can be sucking milk, milk into the middle ear through the eustachian tube, it is necessary to have good feeding techniques. 2, an early application of adequate antibiotics or sulfa drugs to control infection, the symptoms subsided until after 5 ~ 7 withdrawal to completely heal. Not stop after the symptoms subsided, to avoid a chronic otitis media. 3, appropriate application of intranasal drug therapy, such as furosemide, such as Ma mixture. . 4. Physiotherapy, such as infrared, FM, etc., contribute to anti-inflammatory painkillers. 5. General supportive therapy, to rest and adjust their diets. 6, local medication should be directed to comply with doctors, drug chaos. 7, it is necessary to actively treatment of chronic nasal and throat diseases, such as adenoidal hypertrophy, chronic sinusitis, chronic tonsillitis, etc.. 8, physical activity, improve physical fitness, prevention and treatment of upper respiratory tract infection. Carried out extensive vaccination various infectious diseases, or old eardrum perforation of the tympanic cavity home to prohibit swimming.