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Symptoms of disease - pain in the ear in children

Pain in the ear - frequent complaint for children of all.

Small children can't explain where it hurts, and you need to check the ears at every strange anxiety of the child. To do this lightly tapping his finger on tragus (triangular piece of cartilage, located anterior to the ear canal). If the child is crying, most likely, he is aching ear.

Infectious disease could affect the outer, middle or inner ear. The external ear consists of auricle and external acoustic meatus, the walls of which are lined skin. He ends the tympanic membrane. The middle ear is a small cavity, limited the tympanic membrane on the one hand and the inner ear to the other. At diseases of the top respiratory ways, for example in the cold, in the middle ear can accumulate fluid and mucus, especially if the patency of the Eustachian tubes. In the norm of eustachian pipes (short narrow channels) fluid and mucus from the middle ear flows into the nasal cavity. Eustachian tube pipe also balance the air pressure in the middle ear with atmospheric pressure. The inner ear consists of a system of interconnected chambers called the labyrinth. The inner ear is reaching its adult size until the end of the first half of the prenatal period. Thus, all congenital anomalies of development of the inner ear arise long before the birth of the child. In contrast, the external ear continues to grow and develop at least until the child reaches the age of puberty.

In early childhood Eustachian tube pipe short and wide. As a result of this small children are often suffer from infectious diseases of the middle ear. Indeed, by the frequency of these diseases in children are on the second place after the cold. Inflammation of the middle ear is the half of the children under one year of age. By the age of six, this share increases to 90%.

The severity of manifestations of infectious diseases of the ears varies. The treatment of these diseases, even if they occur easily, should start as early as possible, and conduct him to the doctor. This will save the child from possible complications.

Which diseases there is pain in the ear in children

Causes of pain in the ears of the child:

1. Infectious diseases of the external ear
Infectious and inflammatory diseases rarely affect the auricle - one of the two components of the external ear. One such disease is called cellulite. It is characterized by reddening of the skin and seal skin of the auricle. Eczema (allergic skin rash) may also be placed on the skin of the auricle.

External auditory meatus is more sensitive to infection. In normal condition, it is protected from the invasion of infection layer of earwax. If it becomes too thin, then the excessive moisture causes softening and swelling of the skin that lines the external auditory meatus. With time on the skin can cause cracks. If, on the contrary, sulfur dries up, the skin of the ear canal begins to peel off, appears on it flakes, like dandruff. Any of these conditions leads to increased sensitivity of the external acoustic meatus and to infectious diseases.
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Pain in the ear - frequent complaint for children of all.

Small children can't explain where it hurts, and you need to check the ears at every strange anxiety of the child. To do this lightly tapping his finger on tragus (triangular piece of cartilage, located anterior to the ear canal). If the child is crying, most likely, he is aching ear.

Infectious disease could affect the outer, middle or inner ear. The external ear consists of auricle and external acoustic meatus, the walls of which are lined skin. He ends the tympanic membrane. The middle ear is a small cavity, limited the tympanic membrane on the one hand and the inner ear to the other. At diseases of the top respiratory ways, for example in the cold, in the middle ear can accumulate fluid and mucus, especially if the patency of the Eustachian tubes. In the norm of eustachian pipes (short narrow channels) fluid and mucus from the middle ear flows into the nasal cavity. Eustachian tube pipe also balance the air pressure in the middle ear with atmospheric pressure. The inner ear consists of a system of interconnected chambers called the labyrinth. The inner ear is reaching its adult size until the end of the first half of the prenatal period. Thus, all congenital anomalies of development of the inner ear arise long before the birth of the child. In contrast, the external ear continues to grow and develop at least until the child reaches the age of puberty.

In early childhood Eustachian tube pipe short and wide. As a result of this small children are often suffer from infectious diseases of the middle ear. Indeed, by the frequency of these diseases in children are on the second place after the cold. Inflammation of the middle ear is the half of the children under one year of age. By the age of six, this share increases to 90%.

The severity of manifestations of infectious diseases of the ears varies. The treatment of these diseases, even if they occur easily, should start as early as possible, and conduct him to the doctor. This will save the child from possible complications.

When no disease occurs pain in the ear in children:



Causes of pain in the ears of the child:

1. Infectious diseases of the external ear
Infectious and inflammatory diseases rarely affect the auricle - one of the two components of the external ear. One such disease is called cellulite. It is characterized by reddening of the skin and seal skin of the auricle. Eczema (allergic skin rash) may also be placed on the skin of the auricle.

External auditory meatus is more sensitive to infection. In normal condition, it is protected from the invasion of infection layer of earwax. If it becomes too thin, then the excessive moisture causes softening and swelling of the skin that lines the external auditory meatus. With time on the skin can cause cracks. If, on the contrary, sulfur dries up, the skin of the ear canal begins to peel off, appears on it flakes, like dandruff. Any of these conditions leads to increased sensitivity of the external acoustic meatus and to infectious diseases.

The most benign type of infectious lesions of the ear this external otitis (also known as «swimmer's ear», so as inflammation of the most often develops after falling into the ear of a large number of water). External otitis may occur after an unsuccessful attempt to clean the ears if they accidentally gets a means of hair care or other corrosive liquid. Children suffering from certain types of allergies, are very susceptible to the disease of swimmer's ear. Sign of infectious lesions of the external ear is a rash on the skin of the external acoustic meatus. The cause of the disease may be harmful bacteria or fungi. In addition, in the outer third of the ear canal is often observed bruises, the cause of which is the introduction of ear foreign objects (for example, cotton-wick). There is sometimes boils.
The initial symptoms of the outer ear infections, known as «swimmer's ear», the following: itching and pain in the ear, pain, redness of the external acoustic meatus, his swelling and allocation of pus from the ear. Even after the beginning of the treatment of pain, itch and unpleasant sensations in the ear can still be four or five days.

2. Infection of the middle ear

Inflammation of the middle ear is called otitis media. Most often this disease occurs in infants aged from 6 to 24 months and for children from 4 to 6 years. After 8 years of age the incidence of the disease is on the wane. Infectious diseases of the middle ear as viral, and bacterial are the most common cause of pain in the ears. The intensity of the pain increases when chewing, swallowing, and blowing your nose, as these actions increase the pressure in the middle ear.
Colds middle ear disease often occur in autumn and winter when people gather together in the heated indoor areas, where the bacteria and viruses circulate with the currents of warm air.

Otitis media usually develops swelling in the Eustachian tube, i.e. with its obstruction. Swelling of the same pipe is, as a rule, the result of a cold diseases of the upper respiratory tract, allergic reactions, or increase or inflammation adenoids. Irritation and blockage of the Eustachian tubes may develop if the baby sucking milk in a position lying on a back. Blockage of Eustachian tubes leads to increased pressure in the middle ear and the accumulation of fluid there.

Otitis media - it is a theme with variations: it can be acute (single or rare cases) or chronic (exist for a long time or frequently repeated). When a pain in the ears and in the first time after disappearance, as a rule, hearing the child is somewhat reduced. If the disease of the ear started in time to treat, the irreversible changes occur rarely. Another cause of pain in the ears may become sulphuric cork; cause pain can a foreign body in the external auditory passage; irritation of the skin of the external acoustic meatus appears when the ears cleaned matches, paper wick or just scratched in the ear with your fingers or other objects. The cause of pain in the ear can be angina or inflammatory diseases in the oral cavity. In addition, pain in the ear can arise when flying at high altitude.

Otitis media is easily treatable; he may pass by itself, but it may be complicated. The course of the disease is unpredictable. Otitis media may continue for ten days, and may be delayed and for ten weeks.

Inflammation can affect the eardrum. Viral or bacterial infection can cause a lot of complications: the increase in pressure and fluid buildup in the middle ear inflammation of the ear drum and sometimes the gap. Through it from the middle ear liquid flows, pressure in the ear is reduced; for this reason, after rupture of the tympanic membrane pain usually subsides. Acute otitis media eardrum after the break usually heal itself. In chronic average otitis integrity of the eardrum usually self is not restored, therefore, develops hearing loss. The integrity of the eardrum can be restored with the help of surgery.
Behind the ear is the bone protrusion of the skull, which is called mastoid extension. This process can inflamed, thus there is a disease, which is called mastoiditis. Is he the neglect or improper treatment of inflammation of the middle ear.

In some cases, children suffering from otitis media, look perfectly healthy. Often you experience the following symptoms: feeling of heaviness in the ear, severe pain, increased nervous anxiety and irritability, the child a long time crying. He may develop diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite and weakness or lethargy. The ordinary is a feeling of pressure or overflow in the ear, as well as noise, ringing or buzzing in it. If a ruptured eardrum, of the middle ear is allocated first blood, and then the pus. When it comes temporary hearing impairment.

If a child with otitis media temperature rises, appears chills, develop headache and dizziness and suddenly there is a complete deafness, then this is a sure sign of complications. If inflamed eardrum, the disease is characterized by sudden severe pain in the ear, and fever.
3. Infectious diseases of the inner ear

Infections of the inner ear are less common than inflammation of the outer or middle ear, but occur they are heavier.

The most common disease of the inner ear is the viral labyrinthitis. The virus becomes the cause of the inflammation pereponcatogo the labyrinth of the inner ear. If the virus - for example, the rubella virus is the cause of any disease of the pregnant woman in the first third of pregnancy, the pathogenic beginning of may penetrate into the nucleus of the inner ear of the fetus and cause the inflammation. In such cases, children are born with congenital hearing loss.

If the virus - for example, measles, mumps, influenza, chicken pox, or infectious mononucleosis - penetrates to the inner ear is already born child, the subsequent inflammation causes the sudden appearance of severe deafness. However, this deafness, fortunately, transient, often affects only one ear and passes through 10-14 days.

In contrast to the viral labyrinthitis, bacterial usually develops in early childhood, as a rule, as a result of the spread of infection in the inner ear from the middle ear with an average otitis, or of the mastoid process in mastoiditis. The result of bacterial labyrinthitis is almost always a complete deafness. The cause of bacterial labyrinthitis can become meningitis (inflammation of the brain membrane).

Viral labyrinthitis, if he develops in early childhood, is manifested noise in the ears and dizziness. However, the disease is quite rare. Bacterial labyrinthitis causes high fever, severe dizziness, rapid, involuntary eye movements and allocation of pus from the ear. Signs of bacterial labyrinthitis can also be a pain, tenderness, swelling and redness of the mastoid process, or the appearance of the abscess behind the ear.

4. The consequence of a strong blow to the ear, after a strong blow their heads in the ear of his possible bleeding.

5. Foreign body in the ear, in the ear of the child may crawl insect or accidentally get small object, which is difficult to extract.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in the ear in children

• Pediatrician
• An otholaryngologist

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