Yellow water flowing from baby's ears

The most common phenomenon of yellow fluid flowing from the ears may be otitis media, but there are more than one possibility for babies to have this condition. If an infant exhibits such symptoms, parents should not panic. The key is to determine the specific cause based on the child's condition. Only by determining the cause can the problem be solved as soon as possible. Let’s take a look at the common reasons why yellow fluid flows from babies’ ears.

Caused by otitis media

Yellow discharge from a baby's ears is often caused by pediatric otitis media, which is usually caused by a cold, bacterial infection, or various liquids entering the ears, such as bath water, dirty water, or milk.

If parents find that their baby is crying, irritable, scratching his ears, has a bad smell in his ears, and has yellow fluid flowing out of his ears, then they can make a preliminary diagnosis of otitis media in children.

In the early stages of otitis media in babies, mothers can try putting chloramphenicol eye drops in their ears, 1 or 2 drops a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. If there is no improvement in two or three days and the high fever persists, the baby must be sent to the hospital for treatment. The doctor will generally use antibiotics to treat inflammation.

Caused by eczema

If your baby suffers from eczema, especially ear eczema, then yellow discharge from the ears is one of the accompanying symptoms, and yellow scabs formed by ear eczema will generally appear.

In order to relieve the phenomenon of yellow discharge caused by eczema, the baby's eczema must be cured first. After the baby's eczema disappears, the phenomenon of yellow discharge from the ears will also disappear. (If you want to know how to treat baby eczema, please click on the best treatment for baby eczema)

Caused by otitis externa

The external auditory canal has hair follicles just like other parts of the skin. When bacteria invade the hair follicles in the external auditory canal, it can cause otitis externa. When the mother is cleaning the baby's ears, or bathing or swimming the baby, bacteria have the opportunity to enter.

When a baby suffers from otitis externa, he or she is often accompanied by fever and crying. Older babies will complain of ear pain and will not want adults to touch the affected ear. They are also unwilling to sleep on the affected side for fear of pain from pressure. If the baby has a single or multiple abscesses in the external auditory canal, which will rupture and discharge pus, the mother should take the baby to see an ENT doctor.