First aid for children with earache in the middle of the night

Children’s ear pain in the middle of the night, there is no family first aid method, should be promptly consulted to identify the cause, may be related to ear foreign body, acute otitis media and other factors, with the doctor’s treatment.
1. ear foreign body: small children in the middle of the night ear pain, is due to the ear into the bugs caused by the ear, may stimulate the ear canal or eardrum, resulting in significant pain, at this time should be immediately consult a medical doctor, by a professional physician will be in the ear canal of the bugs or other foreign bodies out.
2. otitis media: for example, the presence of bacterial infection factors caused by acute otitis media, may also be due to tympanic membrane congestion and produce severe pain, the need for timely consultation with the doctor, the local use of of oxfloxacin ear drops, etc., if necessary, choose azithromycin, cephalosporin and other related drugs orally, the pain is intolerable, if necessary, follow the instructions of the doctor to take ibuprofen and other analgesic drugs intervention.
Parents are advised to take their children to the hospital ENT department for consultation, to clarify the cause of the specific ear pain, and then carry out the appropriate treatment, not blindly use drugs.