Green snots coming out of my Nieces ears??

[Biglips]

Since April/May last year she had suffered literally non-stop ear infections...

Last week her mum taken her to her docs as she had a high temp and was given the all clear...this morning she woke up again with green snots (mucus) coming out of her ears - is it summat to worry about? as Niece is happy, as i feel sorry for her mum as she had used up all her holidays at work for this year and we arent in Feb yet!!!!!!, and cannot afford to have time off.

She said that everytime she had a cold...later on she have probs with her ears

also to mention that she had a cold last week too

If she's had an ear infection, her ear drum may have burst. The gunk is the infection coming out. It will have relieved the pressure, so she'll feel much better.

She should probably get it checked out just to make sure it all clears up OK, and I would also ask whehter a referral to an ENT specialist would be a good idea, as it's happening so often.

a burst ear drum- will that affect my nieces hearing?? she is 21m

Sounds like a burst ear drum to me.

No, it shouldn't affect her hearing at all. The eardrum usually heals itself very quickly. Just get her checked out to be on the safe side.

ok thank you

another trip to the docs then!

would it mean that she is prone to it atm?

I think they do need to get n touch with HV as she could end up with glue ear or with other hearing/speech delay problems from not being able to hear properly at certain times. Long term she should be fine it's just better to be in the system in case she ends up with hearing difficultied/speech delay.

Actually cranial osteopathy has a good success rate for children with repetitive ear infections, expensive but at 21 months she shouldn't need many treatments.

HTH

I'd bypass the HV, to be honest - I'd get the GP to check her over, and ask about a referral to a specialist. The HV will probably only suggest you see the GP anyway as she's had so much trouble with her ears recently.

The HV can do a hearing test, but in a lot of areas they will only do them when requested by a GP.

It was my HV that referred my dd to hearing/language dept, gp not been involved at all.

My HV just referred me back to the GP ... who referred me straight back to the HV for a hearing test! She couldn't do it without the GP requesting it, and she certainly wasn't allowed to refer us to a consultant. Each area is different, I guess, and I just thought if Biglips' area was anything like mine, it would be a shame to see the HV only to be referred back to the GP.

How bizarre - although my dd was about 3 and it was speech delay that was the prolem, we only got hearing tests because I was so adamant that it needed testing lo & behold she has glue ear and her hearing ability still peaks and troughs regularly at one test she was practically deaf. Think I was be hassling the gp anyway if the recurrent ear infections are an issue but tbh I think forking out for cranial osteopathy would be more productive.

well she is going back to the docs anyway

thanks for ya advice everyone.

I once rang my HV cos i had depression and she couldnt refer me to a counsellor as only thru the docs. So maybe all areas are different

hello..i met up with my niece and her mum today and she said that her docs said her ear drum are not burst and was given the all clear. She will ask to be referred to ENT nhs or privately as it cant go on like this all the time

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What was coming out of her ear then?

DD had this at about 2 - her eardrum had burst from an infection which the doctor wouldn;t give me antibiotics for - needless to sa he nearly got the puss stuffed ito his face when I went back!!

well niece was taken back to docs adn thye said that it was too soon to be referred to ENT specialists??....but she didnt see the original doctor who seen all this from the beginning

what can she do??

prob is that its NOT a burst ear drum

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hi my ds had various ear infections when he was a baby, i the end i had to take him to a & e before i was given anything appropriate to treat it

i would make a nuisance of your self if iwas you my ds now has speech probs due to this

it sounds exactly like a perforated ear drum to me, i would not be happy with the gp'sdiagnosis and would push for her to be referred to an ENT surgeon..i was told 2 years ago on one occassion that i did not have an ear infection by a gp, yep it was only when i went to a&e in agony that i was diagnosed with a perforation..my gp had not spotted it!

DS2 had this. His eardrum was not perforated but he did need antibiotic eardrops. The doctor we saw said it can spread further into the ear and surround tissue if not treated and cause real problems.

The eardrops cleared it up within 2 days.