Otitis Media
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A disease common to infants and young children, otitis media is an infection of the middle ear. This inflammation begins when the infections that cause sore throats, colds or other respiratory breathing problem spread to the middle ear. The ear will start to inflame and sometimes even the outer ear up to the cheeks could swell. It could secrete fluid or pus. When this happens a doctor usually prescribes local and oral antibiotic depending on how severe the case is. Make sure to follow the doctor’s instructions. For local antibiotic, if the ear is filled with pus, it can be cleaned first with drops of hydrogen peroxide on the infected ear. Let it stay for about a minute then position the child leaning sideways to drain the fluid together with the pus.