Chronic otitis media, Genetics, Animal models, Inflammation.
Root Cause of Disease:
Otitis media with effusion is usually a result of poor function of the eustachian tube, the canal that links the middle ear with the throat area. The eustachian tube helps to equalize the pressure between the air around you and the middle ear.
Symptoms:
- A feeling of fullness in the ear.
- Muffled hearing.
- Fluid that drains from the ears (if the eardrum has ruptured).
- Some pain inside the ear (if your child is too young to speak and tell you his or her ear hurts, he or she may tug at the ear often).
If your child’s otitis media with effusion develops into an infection, he or she may have other symptoms. These include:
- Pain in the ear (crying or pulling at the ear for very young children).
- Fever.
- Irritability.
- Listlessness.
- Trouble hearing.
- Not feeling like eating or sleeping.
Causes:
The following may cause the Eustachian tube to swell:
- Allergies.
- Irritants, such as cigarette smoke.
- Respiratory infections.
- Enlarged adenoids (glands near the ear).
- Drinking while lying on the back (bottle-fed babies).
- A sudden increase in air pressure (descending in an airplane or driving on a mountain).
Home Remedies to treat COME earache
Remedy- 1:
Materials Used: Mullein / ముల్లెయిన్
Oil made from the flowers of the mullein plant has shown to be an effective pain reliever for ear infections. Mullein is available at most health food stores as a stand-alone tincture or as an ingredient in herbal ear drops.
Product Link: Mullein
Remedy- 2:
Materials Used: Garlic oil / వెల్లుల్లి నూనె
With antimicrobial, antiviral, and antifungal properties, garlic oil ear drops can be applied to the ear canal to help kill bacteria or viruses that might be causing an ear infection. You can also soak crushed garlic cloves in warm olive oil to make your own garlic oil ear drops.
Product Link: Garlic Oil
Remedy- 3: Ginger
Materials Used: Ginger / అల్లం
Well known for its anti-inflammatory properties, ginger in the form of juice or infused oil can be applied to the outer ear canal, but it should never be put directly into the ear.
Product Link: Ginger
Other Remedies
Neem
Neem is another name for an Indian lilac. It has some properties, such as antifungal and antibacterial properties, which can help you to fight against the infection.
Also, this herb has other properties, such as analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties, which can help you to reduce earache. You will need to crush neem leaves because, in this way, you can extract the juice from them. Then, you should put a few drops of this remedy in the area where you have earaches. You can also use a cotton ball. Soak this cotton ball in neem oil. Then, you should squeeze out the excess water from this cotton. Then, you should put the cotton ball in your ear. You should let it stay there for a few minutes and discard the cotton ball.
You should repeat some of the earache home remedies once or twice daily until you notice that you do not have earaches.
Basil
It can help you to get relief from earache because it has analgesic, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. You will need to crush a few basil leaves. Then, you should extract the juice from them. You will need to put 3 or 4 drops of the basil juice in the area where you have aches. You should do this earache home remedy treatment once or twice per day.
Radish
If you have a severe earache, then you should use radish as your natural treatment. You will need to chop some radish and put it in mustard oil. Heat it. Then, you should let this mixture cool. Then, you should strain this mixture. You should put a few drops of this earaches home remedy in the ear where you have pain.
Preventions:
Preventive techniques include:
- frequently washing hands and toys
- avoiding cigarette smoke and pollution, which can affect ear drainage
- avoiding allergens
- using air filters to keep air as clean as possible
- utilizing a smaller day care center, ideally with six children or fewer
- breastfeeding, which helps your child resist ear infections
- not drinking while lying down
- taking antibiotics only when necessary
