Is the recurrence rate of otitis media high?

Otitis media may recur, which can be summarized as follows.

1, suppurative otitis media, due to the existence of tympanic membrane perforation, the tympanic cavity directly communicates with the outside world after tympanic membrane perforation, and the recurrence probability is high. If the patient's ear canal enters dirty water or microorganisms such as external viruses and bacteria directly enter the tympanum, it will induce suppurative infection in the tympanum at any time, leading to the recurrence of otitis media. It is suggested that patients take surgical treatment as soon as possible to reduce the probability of recurrence by repairing tympanic membrane.

2, chronic non-suppurative otitis media, common secretory otitis media, there is also the possibility of recurrence. For example, in patients with rhinitis, sinusitis and respiratory infection, secretions enter the tympanic cavity through the nasopharynx and eustachian tube, which is easy to induce the recurrence of secretory otitis media, especially in children with adenoidal hypertrophy. Therefore, otitis media is likely to recur clinically.

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Otitis media and cough caused by a cold, and then a fever. ...

Otitis media is a common ear disease in life. When otitis media attacks, we will have a series of symptoms such as high fever and pain. Of course, there are many kinds of otitis media, such as chronic suppurative otitis media, acute suppurative otitis media, secretory otitis media and exudative otitis media. Acute otitis media and chronic otitis media are common in life, so we must understand the symptoms caused by otitis media and carry out targeted treatment to avoid harm to the body.

Clinical Cases of Moxibustion in Treating Cold, Fever and Acute Otitis Media

It was so hot that I turned down the air conditioner before going to bed at night and forgot to adjust the temperature when I fell asleep. As a result, I got up the next day with a headache, a sore throat and signs of a cold. I didn't take my death seriously and continued to blow the air conditioner. I was very busy that day, from morning till night, and I didn't dry myself after taking a shower and blowing air conditioning at night.

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I got otitis media since I was a child, and I don't know why. I get sick about once a year, and it's easy to catch a cold or catch cold. It hurts very much when you are sick, just like sticking a needle deep into your ear for about ten hours. Finally, when I heard a sound in my ear, pus flowed out of the eardrum, and it didn't hurt. Then rinse with hydrogen peroxide, levofloxacin to reduce inflammation, and add oral anti-inflammatory drugs.

When I was a child, otitis media came to me again. This time I went to see a doctor for treatment, he said ...

Although my ear was cured by the treatment at that time, the doctor told me that otitis media is a disease that is easy to recur. If you feel unwell in the future, you must see a doctor and take medicine in time. If I had found my earache and gone to the hospital for treatment in time, maybe a few anti-inflammatory drugs could have solved it, so I wouldn't have to delay my work to make my pain unbearable, and there was even the danger of hearing loss caused by perforation of the eardrum. Yes, otitis media is not terrible. Anti-inflammatory drugs can be easily cured, but we have to pay attention to them. If minor ailments and pains are delayed, there will be serious consequences.

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otitis media

Recommended department: Otolaryngology Department

Otitis media is an inflammatory disease involving the whole or part of the middle ear (including eustachian tube, tympanum, tympanic sinus and mastoid air cavity), which is prone to children. It can be divided into two categories: non-suppurative and suppurative. Non-suppurative patients include secretory otitis media and barotrauma otitis media. Patients with acute and chronic suppuration. Specific inflammation is rare, such as tuberculous otitis media. ...