These are surgically placed tubes in the ears of children with chronic otitis media. They are used to relieve the pressure, allow drainage, and allow reduced fluid build up in the middle ear to reduce the number of ear infections. Although the placement of the tubes is minor surgery, the procedure carries surgical risks that are related to the use of anesthesia, including harm to the vocal cords, trauma to the teeth or tongue, temporary mental confusion, heart attack, lung infection, and rarely, death. The risks of anesthesia are low in healthy children and adults, but higher in people who have other underlying medical conditions. Never put your child to bed with a bottle. Lying down and drinking from a bottle increases the risk that fluid will reflux up the Eustachian tube and create an environment for bacterial growth and a middle ear infection. The lower the baby’s head during feeding, the greater risk there is for formula to reflux into the eustachian tubes and increase the risk of infection. Cigarettes and other smoking tobacco products increase the inflammatory response in the Eustachian tubes and therefore the risk of a middle ear infection. Limit your child's contact with people who smoke. If you have the infection, do not smoke and avoid enclosed spaces with those who do. Having a viral upper respiratory infection increases the risk of developing otitis media due to fluid from the viral infection blocking the eustachian tube. By limiting exposure to other sick children, you reduce the risk that you or your child will experience a middle ear infection. Don't send your child to school or daycare if he has a fever. Ear infections are common after infection with the flu. Some of the most common bacteria that cause ear infections can be reduced by vaccination, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza.
اعرف أكثر عن أنابيب الأذن. تغذية الطفل في الوضع الصحيح. تقليل التعرض للتدخين. قلل التعرض للمرضى الآخرين. تأكد من حصول الطفل على التطعيمات اللازمة، وتطعيم الأنفلونزا السنوي.