Treatment of otitis without surgery

Otitis is called the inflammatory process of one of the ear sections. The above definition makes it possible to draw a completely logical conclusion that the human ear, both from the anatomical and physiological point of view, consists of several departments, each with its own specific functions and specific diseases. It very often occurs as a complication of other ailments that affect the upper respiratory tract. To provoke an otitis can alsoadenoides. A person of any age group can fall ill with this disease, but more often it occurs in children. According to statistics, more than eighty percent of children at least once had this disease. 

Otitis occurs: 

1. External form often manifests itself in the form of a furuncle in the region of the external auditory canal. It is caused by infection, which came from outside, most often Staphylococcus aureus. For example, when bathing in the ear gets water, especially dirty. 
2. The middle form arises between the tympanic membrane and the inner ear. 
3. Accordingly, internal otitis media or also in medical terminology labyrinthitis is an inflammation of the inner part of ear. 

It can be catarrhal (in case the mucous membranes become inflamed) and purulent. In this article, a greater emphasis will be placed on otitis media, since it occurs most often. After or during a cold or flu, as well as other diseases, the mucous membrane of the nose and pharynx is inflamed. When you cough, sneeze, but more often when blowing your nose, the infection can get into the middle ear. There is inflammation, which can manifest itself in different ways: the sensation as if in the ear something "shoots", stuffiness or noise. This is how acute otitis media is. If at this stage of the disease do not go to the ENT doctor, the disease will develop further. There will be pain in the ear, which can be so strong that they can give to the head, eyes, teeth and neck. There is an increase in body temperature, as well as a decrease in hearing. This is a stage of acute catarrhal otitis media. Then the disease goes to another level - the stage of purulent inflammation. At this stage of the disease, the tympanic membrane spontaneously breaks, with the pain becoming smaller, and pus begins to flow out of the ear.

Complications of otitis:

It is dangerous not only by hearing loss. In addition, pus, which has accumulated in the eardrum, can get into the brain. This can cause meningitis and meningoencephalitis a purulent inflammation of the brain and its membranes.

Please do not engage in self-medication in otitis treatment! You can seriously damage your health. Be sure to contact the ENT clinic, where you will be examined and appointed competent treatment. Inspection by otoscope (a special device, which is used by an ENT doctor for the diagnosis of diseases of the ears) is a painless procedure. Even the little ones, sitting on their mother's and dad's laps, calmly transfer the examination, which helps to correctly diagnose the disease and its stage.

Treatment of otitis without surgery:

In the overwhelming majority of cases, this treatment is performed in a conservative (non-surgical) way. 

Very often vasoconstrictive drops are used in the nose which allows to reduce edema of the mucous membrane of the Eustachian tube. These drugs are contraindicated in the usual viral cold, become simply mandatory in case of suspected otitis. Antimicrobial therapy is prescribed in other words antibiotics are needed depending on the stage and severity of the disease. Very helpful are medications that treat bacterial infections like Amoxicillin or other drugs of the same group. Sometimes it is possible to dispense with antibiotics in drops for external use, sometimes in tablets, and in some cases intramuscular injections and even intravenous injections are prescribed. To remove pain, prescribe ear drops with anesthetics. The ENT doctor may prescribe compresses, ointments, or ear flushing. Usually the otolaryngologist conducts the necessary procedures for ENT admission, and also explains in detail how to do it yourself at home. Also, an ENT doctor can prescribe medications that stimulate immunity. In some cases, to cure otitis, surgical intervention is necessary, which is performed only by aphysician and only in a hospital. This is about myringotomy an operation in which the otolaryngologist under a local anesthetic makes a puncture in the tympanic membrane, while the pus flows out through the external ear canal and after that patient is prescribed complex medication.

Be sure, after recovery, you need to examine the hearing, (if you do not want to go with the hearing aid all the time). Often happens that nerve becomes inflamed, which ultimately leads to sensorineural hearing loss and deafness. Unfortunately, it is very difficult and almost impossible to restore its function later.