Ear Problems And Injuries, Age 11 And Younger: Check Your Symptoms

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Check Your Symptoms

If you answer yes to any of the following questions, click on the "Yes" in front of the question for information about how soon to see a health professional.

Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your child's symptoms.

If your child has any of the following symptoms, evaluate those symptoms first.

• An ear problem after a head injury: Go to the topic Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger.

Yes

Has your child had an injury to the ear?

Yes

Does your child have drainage from the ear that you do not think is earwax?

Yes

Does your child have ear pain with a fever?

Yes

Do you think your child has ear pain? See evaluating pain in a child.

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Does your child have redness, swelling, or pain in the external ear or behind the ear?

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Is your child taking an antibiotic for an ear infection without an improvement in symptoms, or have new symptoms developed?

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Do you think your child may have a hearing problem?

Other Symptoms to Watch For

Does your child have the following symptom?

• A cut: Go to the topic Cuts.

If a visit to a health professional is not needed immediately, see the Home Treatment section for self-care information.

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Last updated:	February 23, 2006
Author:	Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC
Reviewed By:	William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer