How Doctors check for an Ear Infection and apply Ear infection treatment?

Doctors usually look into child's ear with a special flashlight called an otoscope . With the otoscope, the doctor can see the eardrum, the thin membrane between outer and middle ear. Doctors may use the otoscope to blow a little puff of air in the ear to see if the air causes the eardrum to move the way a healthy eardrum does. An infected eardrum won't move as it should because the fluid presses against it and may make it bulge. An ear infection also can make the eardrum red. If you have an ear infection, the doctor will make a decision about what to do next. The doctor might ask parents to watch the child for the next day or 2 to see if the child get any better without medicine. If the doctor thinks bacteria is causing the problem, then he/she might prescribe an antibiotic . Antibiotics usually clear up a bacterial ear infection and child could feel better in a few days. A kid who has chronic, or frequent, ear infections may need a few other tests. They include an audiogram, which tests your hearing,

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