Laceration repair is the act of cleaning, preparing, and closing the wound. Minor lacerations (shallow, small, not bleeding, and clean) may not require medical attention. Antibiotic ointment and a bandage may be all that is needed. However, most lacerations do require repair.
Symptoms of ear infections usually include earaches or throbbing pain, sometimes a fever, and signs of inflammation near the ears like redness or fluid leaking out. Although antibiotics are assumed to be the treatment of choice for ear infections, you might want to reconsider this approach.
The most common symptom of an ear infection is pain. Of course, babies are too young to explain when something hurts. However, they may tug or scratch at the infected ear. They also may have other symptoms, such as crying, crankiness, hearing problems, fever, vomiting, and drainage from the ear.