What to do if a child can’t sleep with an earache

Children’s ear pain can not sleep, may be the external auditory canal boils, acute otitis media, ear canal foreign body and other causes, need to be targeted to take general treatment, medication and so on.
1. External auditory canal boil: is an acute confined suppurative, sexual lesions often cause significant pain in the external auditory canal, early manifestations of redness, swelling, heat and pain can be applied locally antibiotic ointment, such as erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment, to help anti-inflammatory and pain relief, and if the cause of fever, can be taken orally non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen extended-release capsules, acetaminophen tablets, and so on.
2. Acute otitis media: mostly caused by bacterial infection, often need to take antibiotic drugs, such as erythromycin, cefuroxime, etc., and with the local use of norfloxacin ear drops, levofloxacin ear drops and so on.
3. ear canal foreign body: may be the external ear canal into the flying insects, small steel ball, etc., need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, the doctor will remove the foreign body.
Children’s ear pain can not sleep, there may be other causes, should go to the hospital in a timely manner, to identify the causes of targeted treatment, all of the above drugs need to be taken under the guidance of a doctor.