What should I do if my baby's ears are leaking yellow water?

Having a child is a very happy thing, and as parents we are proud of him every moment. But although we are happy, we also face some problems. Children have weak immunity and have to face the threat of various diseases anytime and anywhere. We find that children are most prone to problems when they are babies. For example, we sometimes find that babies have yellow water flowing out of their ears, which scares mothers. What should you do if your baby has yellow discharge from his ears?

What should I do if my baby's ears are leaking yellow fluid? Here are some places to start:

1. First of all, we have to consider whether it is otitis media. Otitis media is a common cause of ear pain in babies. Babies often feel throbbing or tingling in their ears, and the ear pain will be aggravated when sucking, swallowing and coughing. If your child refuses to breastfeed, cries at night, rubs one ear, has partial hearing loss, or has discharge in the ear, you should consider whether he or she has otitis media. It should be pointed out in particular that if the fluid in the ear remains for 3 months, the child may lose some hearing.

2. Regarding the cause of the disease, experts point out that this is mainly related to the anatomical characteristics of the baby's ear. Compared with adults, the baby's Eustachian tube is horizontal and wider, straighter and shorter. Therefore, when the baby suffers from an upper respiratory tract infection, bacteria or viruses in the nasopharynx can easily invade the middle ear through the Eustachian tube, causing acute suppurative otitis media. Babies with otitis media often have symptoms such as fever, chills, vomiting and diarrhea.

3. What needs special attention is that many parents still use folk remedies to treat otitis media, that is, grinding certain Chinese medicines or tablets into powder and blowing them into the ears. This is very dangerous. If the drug powder blocks the perforation of the eardrum, the pus in the inner ear tympanic cavity will not be drained smoothly, and long-term stimulation and corrosion of the eardrum may cause the inflammation to spread to the surrounding tissues.

4. Take active prevention measures. To prevent your baby from otitis media, you must protect your baby from the cold in winter, actively prevent colds, and avoid bacterial infections. Otitis media in infants and young children is often related to incorrect feeding posture. Some mothers or nannies save trouble when breastfeeding by letting their babies lie flat to feed, or they feed too much or too quickly when bottle-feeding, causing the baby to choke and cough because he does not have time to swallow. All of these can cause milk to flow back into the nasopharynx and enter the middle ear through the Eustachian tube, causing acute otitis media. Therefore, to prevent otitis media, you need to pay attention to the breastfeeding posture. You should hold the infant to breastfeed, and do not feed too much or too quickly.

The above is the introduction about "What to do if your baby has yellow water flowing out of his ears". As a parent, you can refer to the above aspects. If you find that your child has yellow water flowing out of his ears in life, please be sure to seek treatment in time to avoid missing the treatment opportunity and delaying your child's hearing.