Why does my baby's ears smell?

If your baby's ears have a bad smell, parents would like to know the cause of the bad smell. So what is the cause of the bad smell in the baby's ears? Next, this article will introduce you to the relevant content about why your baby’s ears have a bad smell, for your reference only. Friends who want to know more about this can take a look! Please see the detailed introduction below.

Why does my baby's ears smell bad? If yellow fluid discharge from the ear canal is caused by eczema, the eczema must be treated first. Sometimes a small amount of yellow discharge is cerumen, commonly known as earwax. Another situation is that water accidentally enters the baby's otitis media when bathing the baby, which can easily lead to otitis media. If you are not sure what is going on, you need to go to the ENT department of a regular children's hospital to prevent ear disease caused by bath water entering the ears.

Otitis media is one of the reasons why babies' ears have bad smells. It is an inflammatory lesion involving all or part of the structure of the middle ear (including the Eustachian tube, tympanic cavity, tympanic sinus and mastoid air cells), and is more common in children. It can be divided into two categories: non-purulent and purulent. Non-suppurative cases include secretory otitis media, barotraumatic otitis media, etc., while suppurative cases can be divided into acute and chronic types. Specific inflammation is very rare, such as tuberculous otitis media.

What should I do if my baby’s ears smell bad? If it is confirmed to be caused by otitis media, the treatment is as follows:

1. Actively treat focal diseases of the upper respiratory tract: such as chronic sinusitis and chronic tonsillitis.

2. Drug treatment: The simple type is mainly treated with local medication. Antibiotic aqueous solution or a mixture of antibiotics and steroid hormones, such as 0.25% chloramphenicol solution, chloramphenicol cortisone solution, ofloxacin ear drops, etc., can be used to treat otitis media and otitis externa.

3. Precautions for topical medication

(1) Before using the medicine, clean the pus in the external auditory canal and middle ear cavity. You can use 3% hydrogen peroxide or boric acid water for cleaning, then wipe it clean with a cotton swab or use an aspirator to suck out the pus before dripping the medicine.

(2) When the amount of pus is large, use water; when the amount is small, use boric acid alcohol.

4. If a large perforation of the tympanic membrane affects hearing, tympanoplasty or tympanoplasty may be performed.

The above is an introduction to why your baby’s ears have a bad smell. I believe that after reading the above introduction, you already know why your baby’s ears have a bad smell. In fact, there are many reasons why babies' ears have bad smells. If it is not caused by earwax, then it is most likely caused by inflammation, the most common of which is otitis media. A brief introduction to the treatment of otitis media has been given above, and I believe everyone has already understood it.