Laceration repair is the act of cleaning, preparing, and closing the wound. Minor lacerations (shallow, small, not bleeding, and clean) may not require medical attention. Antibiotic ointment and a bandage may be all that is needed. However, most lacerations do require repair.
Symptoms of ear infections. Intense pain in your childâs affected ear is usually the first sign of an ear infection. Young children can tell you that their ear hurts, but babies may only cry. Your child may repeatedly pulls on the ear that hurts.
With an ear infection, you may have ear pain, difficulty sleeping, clear or yellow mucus in your nose, a low-grade fever or ear discharge. Viruses cause many ear infections, and antibiotics have no effect on these. For bacterial ear infections, the culprit is usually a streptococcus bacterium.