The ear is a complex organ that is not only responsible for sound perception, but also the main one in the vestibular apparatus. A person's motor function may be upset due to some of his illnesses.
Ear diseases can be inflammatory, fungal and resulting from injuries (frequent cases in athletes). More than others, otitis media (internal, external, average) became widespread.
Ear diseases most often occur due to previous infectious and viral diseases. Otitis is manifested by pronounced suppuration in one of the sections of the auditory apparatus, the formation of boils. It can affect the body and completely. There are acute and chronic forms of this ear disease. Symptoms noticed in a timely manner make it possible to start treating otitis media at an early stage and get rid of the inflammatory process quickly and without further relapses. In the case of a running disease, the process can go to the chronic stage.
Inflammation of the outer ear is manifested in the form of pain and itching. Audibility sometimes worsens. If the inflammation is very strong, the
auricle reddens and suppuration appears on it.
An advanced stage of otitis media can damage the eardrum. When the inflammatory process encompasses the inner ear, body temperature rises and audibility worsens significantly. The patient at this time feels a “shooting” sharp pain. Exudative otitis media causes purulent discharge. Signs of inflammation of the inner ear include dizziness, a sharp deterioration in hearing, and the inability to focus vision at one point ("rolling" eyes).
Otitis from one part of the hearing aid can pass into another. If you postpone treatment and do not seek medical help on time, complications may follow. The development of meningitis, brain abscess, and even blood poisoning are not excluded in this case.
Otitis media occurs due to infection by germs from the nasal cavity during viral infections. If in this case no measures are taken to eliminate the disease, it can lead to paralysis of the facial nerve.
It is not recommended to independently treat ear diseases. Lushe should do this under the supervision of a qualified otolaryngologist. Patients are relieved of the mild stages of inflammation on an outpatient basis in polyclinics. Severe forms of the middle and inner ear are treated only in a hospital. Antibiotic susceptibility pre-culture
Kam revealed during microbiological studies of organisms. For any ear disease, treatment is prescribed only after this procedure. If the
tympanic membrane bulges sharply with moderate otitis media, this is an indication for surgery to create a channel for the outflow of purulent fluid.
There are some other diseases of the ear - Meniere's disease, neuritis of the vestibulo-cochlear nerve. There is a disease due to the heredity of the body - otosclerosis. It infects the bone capsule of the labyrinth. As a result, the disease leads to hearing loss.