Health Tip: Does Your Child Have an Ear Infection?

Here's a list of telltale signs

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(HealthDay News) -- Ear infections are common in babies and young children. Unfortunately, youngsters who can't talk yet aren't able to tell you when something is wrong.

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Here are signs, courtesy of the American College of Emergency Physicians Foundation, that your young child has an ear infection:

• Pain, which your baby may indicate by acting fussy, pulling on the ear, being irritable during feeding, or crying when lying down.
• A white or yellow drainage from the ear that may have an unpleasant odor.
• Difficulty hearing.
• A fever, usually between 100 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (37.78 to 40 degrees Celsius).

-- Diana Kohnle