What to do if your baby always scratches his ears

Every child needs careful care. In life, many parents will find that when the weather is hot, their children always suffer from eczema. For example, it is very common for babies to always scratch their ears. This is mainly due to physical reasons of the child. Let’s learn about it together in the next article.

The child may have a fever and his ears may itch. You can use alcohol cotton to carefully wipe the outline of his ears. Now you still need to pay more attention. If the baby keeps like this, there are three possibilities:

Your baby may have earwax in his ears. If it is an oily ear, you can use a cotton swab to gently rotate it to clean the baby's ears. If it is too hard, you can drop some vitamin AD into it to soften the earwax and then rotate it out. Be careful not to hurt the baby's eardrum. It is best to wait until he falls asleep before doing it. If your baby's ears are dry, you should consult a doctor. The doctor has special medicines that can solve your baby's problem. Also, you must not let your baby pick his ears, as this may cause injuries and affect his hearing. Cut your baby's fingernails cleanly.

Be careful of otitis media. Young babies can’t speak and it’s easy to be ignored! Otitis media is one of the common diseases in children with a high incidence rate. Its cause is closely related to the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the children's ear. During infancy and childhood, not only is the middle ear structure weak, but the Eustachian tube is also not fully developed. The Eustachian tube is short and straight, with a relatively wide lumen. The physiological narrowing of the Eustachian tube has not yet formed, and the tube is close to a horizontal position. In this way, the other end of the Eustachian tube, the opening of the nasopharynx, is almost level with the floor of the nose.

Due to this characteristic of the Eustachian tube, when an infant suffers from an upper respiratory tract infection, bacteria from the nasopharynx can easily enter the middle ear along the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube, causing middle ear inflammation. Due to this characteristic, breastfed babies are also prone to otitis media. For example, when breastfeeding a baby in a supine position, especially if the baby is fed too much or too quickly, choking may occur, and the milk may enter the middle ear. If your baby has other symptoms, such as fever, it is best to go to the hospital for diagnosis.

In the above article, we learned that babies always scratch their ears. First of all, parents should check what's wrong with their children's ears and whether it is caused by some reasons. Parents should pay more attention.