What to do if your baby scratches his ears and bleeds

The baby scratched the ear bleeding, may be physiological factors lead to ear itching, this time without special treatment; may also be eczema, otitis media, etc., at this time you can take general treatment and medication. 1. Physiological factors: such as clothing, bedding friction caused by ear itching, can lead to the baby always scratching the ear, usually need to pay attention to reduce local friction, can be cleaned with saline, if necessary, can be sterilized with iodine pomade, and then do not need special treatment, and wait for the wound to naturally fall off the scabs. Can also be used to wear gloves to prevent the baby scratching ears. 2. Eczema: also can be the baby is always scratching the ear, advocate breastfeeding; clothing to cotton texture is appropriate, loose, cool; pay attention to avoid a variety of suspected disease-causing factors. After the bath should use moisturizing cream, restore the skin barrier function. Use glycerine lotion to relieve itching; if necessary, use hydrocortisone cream, Denard cream and other medications as prescribed by the doctor. 3. otitis media: there will be ear pain, so that the baby always scratch the ear to bleeding, need to carry out anti-infective treatment, commonly used drugs have penicillin, cefaclor and other drugs, if necessary, follow the doctor’s instructions to use hydrogen peroxide solution to clean the ear canal. In daily life, it is recommended to trim the baby’s nails neatly to avoid further damage to the baby’s ears, and to ensure that the baby’s ears around the clean and dry, to improve the symptoms of bleeding. If the bleeding area of the baby’s ear becomes inflamed, it is recommended to seek medical advice and proper treatment. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor and avoid self-medication.