What are the symptoms of otitis in children?

Children with mumps are often called "big mouth" or "pig head" because the parotid glands on the face become infected and swollen. Although children may get mumps throughout the year, it is most likely to occur in winter and spring, with a high incidence rate. When children are infected with mumps, it is easy to infect each other, so parents should take precautions against mumps in their children during the winter and Spring Festival.

Symptoms of otitis media in children include:

1. Performance 1

For most babies with the disease, swelling and pain under the ears are the earliest symptoms. For a few babies, symptoms of general discomfort such as fever, headache, vomiting, and poor appetite appear 1-2 days before the parotid gland swelling, followed by pain under one or both ears, which means the parotid glands are swollen.

2. Performance 2

After 1-2 days of onset, the parotid gland may swell. The surface skin is tense, shiny, not red, hot, and painful. It gets worse when you open your mouth or eat something sour. The parotid gland swells first on one side and then develops into bilateral swelling. Sometimes both parotid glands swell simultaneously.

3. Performance three

After 2-3 days, the symptoms become prominent, the body temperature may reach 39℃-40℃, and the swollen parotid duct opening can be seen on the buccal mucosa next to the maxillary second molar, with no purulent secretions discharged. It takes about 7-14 days to recover.

Symptoms vary depending on the type of mumps:

1. Purulent parotitis: It is caused by bacterial infection, mainly Staphylococcus aureus. Symptoms include fever, leukocytosis, local redness, swelling, pain and heat in the parotid gland. When the lesion enters the purulent stage, pus can be seen flowing out of the duct opening when the parotid gland is squeezed.

2. Viral mumps: Viral mumps is usually called epidemic mumps. It often occurs in children or teenagers with a history of infectious contact. It can be bilateral or unilateral. The white blood cell count not only does not increase but decreases or is normal. The local symptoms are similar to those of suppurative disease, but there is no tendency to suppuration.