Small children are more prostrate to inflammation of an ear because the structure of an ear of the child differs from that at the adult. Diseases of an ear are fraught with serious complications therefore timely diagnostics of such state is necessary.
Instruction
1. Small children because of imperfection of the structure of their hearing aid are subject to diseases of an ear most often. An acoustical pipe at children up to 3-4 years short and wide that promotes fast penetration of liquid and microbes into a middle ear and as result, inflammation develops. Otitis (inflammation of an ear) at the child develops promptly and in the absence of treatment causes serious complications, up to relative deafness. Below-mentioned symptoms have to guard you.
2. The child worries at acceptance of food or absolutely refuses it. The thing is that at a sore ear the chewing movements cause severe pain therefore you do not feed the kid violently.
3. You watch closely the chilled kid. If the child had a respiratory disease recently, then its otitis can arise as the complication is quite easy. Rather single hit of slime from a nasopharynx in acoustical pass.
4. Observe the child. Sometimes the child pulls a sore ear, lays down on the sick party, so pain abates a little. In an ear a lot of discomfort hurts the child therefore he can be whimsical, cry.
5. Take the child's temperature. At otitises it is most often increased, and can reach 39 degrees Celsius and above.
6. Press a trestle of an ear of the child. At otitis from will scream and will begin to cry or will strongly begin to worry. The trestle is a hillock of an ear which external acoustical pass opens. It is so possible to define what ear at the kid sick.
7. Call the doctor even at suspicion of pain in an ear. Timely treatment will help to avoid complications.