How to prevent otitis from children in the pool

Most children enjoy themselves in the water. Swimming and mating also bring great benefits to the child. However, it can also be a focus of otitis infección infection in children. Dr. Gracia Aránguez (General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón of Madrid), gives us some tips to protect the ears of

- Winter otitis:

Parents, when taking the child to the pool have to take into account two different things; First, if they are going to take you to the pool in the winter or if it is the summer pool. During the winter, otitis is facilitated mainly by changes in humidity and temperature . We can not pass the children of the street with the cold heat of the pool without waiting a little. It is very important that the ears dry out of the waterthat they dry the head very well. Wait until a bit of time has passed and then go out into the street well wrapped to avoid otitis. - The otitis in summer: In the summer the situation is different. External otitis are the ones that occur with baths in swimming pools. Children get in the water continuously. If we have left wax in the tube they have to have it, they will be a little protected but so much water in the ear ends up eliminating that wax and makes it easier to have those otitis.

It is very important to dry the water they have in the canal , tilt the child to one side and to another so that the canal is free of water that would be the breeding ground for any infection and then if the child had obviously had otitis let's be cautious, let's wait two days without going back to bathe in the pool. If the child is still going to return to the pool, we must always be very careful not to get in the water. To slam a child into the water is to subject the ear to a set of pressures. If you have had mucus in your ear, you can not do it, because in this way we facilitate ourselves to have another otitis. That is to say that we have to be very careful, we will have to put him in pools whenever he is in perfect conditions, that he does not have colds and that he does not have a respiratory tract condition. On the other hand, when you have had a problem, otitis, or any cold, it is best to wait at least 48 hours before swimming in the pool again.

Use earplugs to avoid hearing problems in the pool The plugs are used to prevent water from entering the ear. But nevertheless, it is not going to avoid those otitis that occur during the winter, because they are recurrent colds. Put a plug in the ear is to prevent water from getting in, but with children you have to be very careful because with the plugs always comes some water and if the child also pulls the plug is useless. So, what is more important than putting a plug in one ear is much more important to dry it. And if the child also has an otitis and we put a plug and the next day we use that same plug that infection is there put in the plug.If we want to cover our ears with something, it is better to use cotton with Vaseline and throw it every time