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The parents should be educated about providing adequate pain relief for at least the first 24 hours when prescribing an antibiotic for a child with acute otitis media.
Acute otitis media
Acute otitis media (AOM) frequently occur in children between the ages of 6 and 36 months. Symptoms consist mainly of otalgia, fever, irritability, anorexia and diarrhoea. It is usually a self-limiting disease; complications are rare, and antibiotics are usually not necessary, unless the course is irregular.
Amoxicillin, trimethoprim plus sulfamethoxazole, or erythromycin plus sulfasoxazole are the first-choice antibiotics for AOM.
Early treatment with antibiotics might reduce the severity of pain, but the majority of children feel better within 24 h, regardless of antibiotic treatment.
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