Otitis in children

Otitis is a very common disorder in children, otitis in children can be caused by bacterial or viral infections.

Otitis in children what is it?

Otitis is a very frequent ear inflammation in children, at the first symptoms you must contact your pediatrician in order to proceed with the appropriate therapy, this can take effect after several days, or even after more than a week.

There are different forms of otitis in children, otitis affecting the outer ear is called otitis externa, otitis affecting the middle ear called otitis media and otitis affecting the inner ear is called otitis interno.

What are the symptoms of otitis in children?

As we have already said, otitis in children is a very frequent inflammation of the ear especially in children who are less than ten years old, this inflammation causes ear discomfort.

Symptoms that manifest otitis in children are:

Severe pain in the ear.
It can swell all over the ear and can be painful to touch.
Leakage of pus, that is, the leaking of more or less thick creamy liquid, yellowish or greenish, which forms in the ear.
Constantly having the sensation of having your ears plugged.

Otitis in children can often be caused by a cold or flu, so other symptoms that have otitis in children could be:

Very high fever.
Sore throat and swollen tonsils.
Nasal congestion.

Is otitis in children dangerous?

Otitis in children is a common inflammation in pediatric age, it is a disease that must be treated with the help of a specialist since the severity and the causes can be of different types, an otitis treated immediately should not bring consequences, but underestimating the problem could lead to more serious infections involving the eardrum.

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