Hearing Health is Important to Prevent Ear Infections

Suffering from hearing loss can negatively affect your quality of life, as discussed in previous articles. Hearing health should be a priority and one of the many steps you can take for prevention is avoiding ear infections at all costs. This illness may cause loss of hearing when left untreated.

Discovery Health understands how important hearing health is and has written an article in which it explains how children are usually the ones that suffer the most with Otitis Media (or middle ear infections). In the article we are given tips on how to take care of our hearing health and prevent hearing loss.

Avoid exposure to infections. Middle-ear infections usually happen when you catch a cold or other upper respiratory illness. If you suffer from allergies that might affect their respiratory tract, try to keep it on check.

Blow your nose correctly. Many people blow their nose in a violent way which may transfer any infection you might have to your ears. Blow your nose gently. Others may try to stifle a sneeze and by pinching the nostrils it gives the infection a chance to move up to the ears.

Don't smoke. In previous articles we discussed the connection between smoking and hearing loss. Smoking can also cause ear infections since according to Discovery Health; it “irritates the nasal passages and middle-ear cavity which in turn interferes with the normal functioning of the eustachian tube.”

Stay alert to the signs. If you suspect you or your child might suffer from an ear infection, visit your local Miami audiologist such as Dr. Joseph Duran to treat the infection as soon as possible. Signs include pain in the ear, ear stuffiness, and trouble with balance, fever, nausea, vomiting and fluid from the ear.