5 months
My baby is sufferring from ear pain in addition to teeth pain.Is ear pain related to her teeth pain?& what can I give her for ear pain? Please reply to both questions in details. Thx lot
May 6, 2014
TO TELL IF IT’S AN EAR INFECTION OR JUST TEETHING :
Pain usually starts at four months of age and will come and go until the two-year molars are in.
-Tugging or digging at the ears with no cold symptoms or fever
-Fussiness or night waking with no cold symptoms or fever
-May have low fever less than 38 degree celcius
-Teething does not cause a runny nose, only drool.
MAIN SYMPTOMS OF AN EAR INFECTION
-Your child may have 2 or more of these symptoms:
Cold symptoms – keep in mind that ear infections are almost always preceded by a cold. Often a clear runny nose will turn yellow or green before an ear infection sets in.
-Fussiness during the day or night
-Complaining of ear pain or hearing loss
-Night-waking more frequently
-Unwillingness to lie flat
-Fever – usually low grade (101º – 102º); may not have a fever.
-Sudden increase in fussiness during a cold
-Ear drainage – if you see blood or pus draining out of the ear, then it is probably an infection with a ruptured eardrum. DON’T WORRY! These almost always heal just fine, and once the eardrum ruptures the pain subsides.
YOUR CHILD IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE AN EAR INFECTION IF: No cold symptoms,pulling at the ears or batting the ears in infants less than 1 year of age. Infants less than one are unable to precisely localize their ear pain,Infants can pull on or bat at their ears for two other common reasons:teething and playing
Ear pulling in the absence of the above signs is unlikely to signal an ear infection.
treatment:
for teething i posted in the previuos answer
fro ear infection since ther is no high fever ,no need for antibiotics
80% of uncomplicated ear infections will resolve within 4 to 7 days without antibiotics. you can treat the pain and fever with paracetamol and there are certain ear drops that reduce inflammation and ease pain such as otipax ear drop
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ythere is connection between toothache and otalgia by way of the 5th nerve you can give sedatif drops like otisedol or other sedative drops ... also you give paracetamol or ibuprofen
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