| The ear consists of three parts: the
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| | their ear or ears. A child with an ear
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| external, middle, and interior ear. The
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| | infection, regardless of age, may show
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| external ear also consists of three
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| | signs of irritability, listlessness, have
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| parts-the auricle, the auditory canal,
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| | difficulty hearing and may not feel like
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| and the tympanic membrane. The auricle
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| | eating or sleeping. This is particularly
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| (pronounced OR-uh-kull) is the outermost
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| | true with breastfed babies who have an
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| part of the ear; the part you can see
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| | ear ache. Because a breastfed baby
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| attached to the sides of your head. The
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| | suckles in a certain way that is
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| auricle is connected to the interior
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| | different and more difficult than
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| parts of the ear by means of a narrow
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| | suckling from a bottle, this motion can
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| opening called the auditory canal. At the
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| | irritate the baby's sore ears causing him
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| end of the auditory canal is the tympanic
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| | or her to "go off his feed."
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| membrane, or eardrum.
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| | The sensation of tinnitus is the sound of
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| Children who are around people who smoke
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| | high-pitched whistling, buzzing, ringing
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| are at a very high risk of getting ear
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| | or hissing. It can also be quite a
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| infections. Additionally, if they have
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| | complex sound, like the roar of an ocean.
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| had previous ear infections or have a
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| | The sounds may be constant or come and
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| family history of ear infections can
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| | go.
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| increase their risk. It is no big secret
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| | Whatever the cause of the tinnitus, it's
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| that children in day care are exposed to
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| | almost always made worse by stress, which
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| many more germs and viruses so this is a
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| | can be physical, psychological or
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| large risk. A child who was premature at
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| | emotional. Some people are able to live
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| birth or had a low birth weight may also
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| | with the sound of their tinnitus quite
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| be at a higher risk.
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| | happily. In others, the sound seriously
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| The common Causes of Ear Infection :
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| | interferes with their quality of life.
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| The cause is a germ infecting the outer
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| | The sound can be in one or both ears, or
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| ear canal. Most often this is caused by
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| | elsewhere in the head.
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| bacteria (which can be treated with
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| | Surgery
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| antibiotics), but sometimes other causes,
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| | If there is fluid in the middle ear and
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| such as fungus infection, are to blame.
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| | the condition persists, even with
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| The infection can happen to anyone.
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| | antibiotic treatment, a healthcare
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| Sometimes a cause can be traced, such as
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| | provider may recommend myringotomy
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| swimming in infected sea water (many
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| | (surgical opening of the eardrum) to
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| surfers will attest to this). Most times
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| | relieve pressure and allow drainage of
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| it is not possible to be sure why it
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| | the fluid. This may or may not involve
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| started. Excessive sweating from physical
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| | the insertion of tympanostomy tubes
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| activity.
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| | (often referred to as ear tubes). In this
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| Symptoms
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| | procedure, a tiny tube is inserted into
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| Older children can tell you that their
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| | the eardrum, keeping open a small hole
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| ear hurts. Their ear pain may also be
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| | that allows air to get in so fluids can
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| accompanied with fever. Babies, however,
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| | drain more easily down the eustachian
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| and children who are too young to tell
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| | tube. Tympanostomy tube insertion is done
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| you where it hurts may cry or pull on
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| | under general anesthesia.
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