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The sharp average otitis is a sharp inflammation of an average ear. Aged till three years almost 83 % of small patients are ill with this disease at least one or two times. And about 46 % have three and more episodes of a sharp otitis. Why it appears at children generally this age? What symptoms of disease? What to do with the child who was ill?

Why at early age?

The early age considers age of kids from one till three years. And such features of an anatomic structure of an ear which promote much easier hit of an infection in an average ear are peculiar to this age. It, first of all, short, wide and more horizontal "evstahieva a pipe" - pass between a cavity of a nasopharynx and an average ear. It causes that the infection from a nasopharynx (in cases of sharp respiratory virus infections, pharyngitises, adenoiditov, stomatitises) very easily can get to an ear. And if to consider, that children of early age because of a physiological lack of immunity (because immunologicheskaja the system is still unripe) often enough are ill, frequency infitsirovanija an average ear increases. But, on the other hand, very often, in case of presence of a sharp average otitis, purulent allocation which collect in a drum-type cavity, easily follow in rotoglotku, instead of filter through an eardrum.

There is also variety of so-called risk factors which promote otitis occurrence. These are sexual features (boys are ill with this illness more often), white race less often (it appears, that children negroidnoj races have otitises), artificial feeding (at chest children sometimes becomes the companion caries), cases of disease of an average ear in a family, a winter season, illness of Down and even passive smoking.

What basic displays of an otitis?

The sharp inflammation of an average ear can begin with occurrence in an ear, a head of a pain of different intensity (from a lung pokalyvanija to an intolerable pain), noise in an ear, decreases the hearing, raises a body temperature, vomiting sometimes joins. The child becomes languid, and in heavy cases consciousness loss is possible even. At grudnichkov the first displays of an otitis there can be a restless dream, body rise in temperature, turns by a head every which way, crying in reply to attempt to press an auricle of a sick ear.

Result of development of inflammatory process in an ear can sometimes become eardrum rupture (a membrane which separates an average ear from external acoustical pass) and then pus arrives in external acoustical pass. At once after rupture the quantity of allocated pus increases, and subsequently decreases, and its allocation stops absolutely. But, unfortunately, is is not a recover sign. In this case process passes in chronic and then pus in an ear can be observed by years.

How to prevent otitis occurrence?

Preventive maintenance is reduced to timely treatment of a nose, a nasopharynx and drinks. Especially it concerns growths adenoidov at children. If you have noticed, that the kid pants a nose, and sleeps with an open mouth at night, often is ill prostudnymi with diseases, necessarily address to the children's lor-doctor. If the doctor insists on removal adenoidov, consider and agree on this procedure! In due time treat and do not start other inflammatory virus and bacterial diseases of a mouth, a nose, drinks.

About treatment

Certainly, the doctor should appoint it. I do not advise to take a great interest in treatment without survey of the otolaryngologist. Only having consulted to the doctor, you can use correctly and in due time a mother's advice or grandmothers concerning national methods of treatment of an inflammation of an average ear, but only as an auxiliary, so-called "symptomatic" direction of treatment because the basic method of struggle against an otitis all over the world is the prescription of antibiotics. The last exists much. The antibiotic is appointed, as a rule, after definition in laboratory conditions of the activator which has caused an inflammation. Then that preparation which will operate only on it steals up. Therefore in any case do not hesitate with the reference to the doctor! Except an antibiotic, the doctor to you will appoint as well other necessary measures, including physiotherapeutic procedures which will promote faster recover of the kid.

Some advice from "the wood first-aid set"

For removal of a painful syndrome in an ear our great-grandfathers used tincture of leaves of mint peppery (20 % a solution) or balms medical (10 % a solution). These means dug in on 6-8 drops in an ear 3-4 times a day. Soothing and anti-inflammatory action tincture or infusion paslena sweet-bitter have, calendulas, broth of colours of a lavender. For removal of a pain to children dig in in an ear lavender oil on 4-6 drops 3-4 times a day.

What it is necessary to consider, if the child has transferred an otitis?

Remember that after your kid has transferred an average otitis, at it the hearing can temporarily decrease. Therefore be not nervous, if it seemed to you, that your request has passed by attention of the child. Be convinced, whether the kid has heard you. If you are assured, that sensory acuity has decreased, inform on it to the doctor, and houses addressing to the child, speak more loudly. Do not forget to ask teachers that your son or the daughter have replaced to the first or second school desk.

If your child is engaged in swimming after the transferred otitis for some time it should leave this employment as in recover it is impossible that water got to external acoustical pass, especially, if infringement of integrity of an eardrum took place. And it is final, if otitises at your "swimmer" arise too often, raise the question about change of a kind of sports.

Do not forget about warm clothes and a headdress for your kid in the winter or in cold windy weather. Woollen or fur "ear-phones" which well cover ears at this time will be useful.

One more caution.

Scientists have proved, that passive smoking promotes a languid current of a sharp otitis or even to its transition in the chronic form. Weigh all it if in a family there are smokers.