Ear infection health advice

Try these home remedies to take care of your ear infection -

• Keep your child’s head in elevated position. This position will help the eustachian tube to drain naturally.
• Sip warm liquids or simply water as the act of swallowing will help to drain the tube at the back of the throat.
  
  
  The pain would be comparatively less once the tube drains by itself.  
• Apply warm compress on the outer side of the ear. For ease fill a small flat bottle with warm water and use this as pillow while sleeping.
  
  
  The warm heat will help relieve the pain.
• Extract juice from holy basil and pour 2 drops of it with the help of a dropper in the infected ear. Make him lie down in elevated position for 10 minutes.
• If the ear infection is due to excessive amounts of ear wax, then clearing this wax becomes very important to relieve the pain.
  

If the earache and ear infection occurs again, then consult a specialist to know the exact cause for it.

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