If your child pulls his ear and suffers from pain in it, this does not always indicate that it is caused by the presence of infections. Many mothers find that their children consume antibiotics, just because they think that their child has a middle ear infection, even though there are no other symptoms other than pulling or rubbing his ear.
There are many reasons other than middle ear infections that make a child pull his ear. Of which:
If the child still has a cold, because naturally there is a connection between the nose, ear and throat, fluids collect in the middle ear as a result of the cold and disappear on their own shortly after.
The child, especially at the age of 4 months and until the completion of the year of his age, is in the process of discovering his body, so he tightens his ear and makes it a habit for him, it will be like a game for him, and there are no other symptoms such as a high temperature or crying without reason or secretions from the ear
Wax gathering in the child’s ear makes the child pull his ear, and some mothers also use cotton to clean the ear, and this is a fatal mistake because in this way it contributes to the introduction of part of the wax into the ear.
Soap or shampoo while bathing the baby. Part of the soap or shampoo may get into the child's ear, and this makes the child rub his ear.
It could be one of the signs of teething in children, and this is one of the things that many mothers are ignorant of and do not realize.
Infections in the middle ear, which are accompanied by a high temperature or continuous crying with no apparent cause.