Diseases of The External Ear Otitis

Otitis externa is an inflammation of the ear canal.
These infections can attack the entire canal (otitis externa generalized) or only in specific areas, such as cooking furunkel) (.
OE is often) as ear Swimmer’s ear (nadador.
Generalized number of bacteria or fungi (rarely) may cause otitis externa, staph bacteria often cause ulcers.
Some people (people with allergies, psoriasis), eczema or dermatitis) is on the scalp is very sensitive to external otitis.
) Violation of the ear canal during cleaning or water ingress / stimuli (such as a spray or paint on the hair can lead to otitis externa.
You can clean the ear canal with a way to remove dead skin cells, even from the eardrum through the ear canal.
) The cleaning of the ear canal with a cotton swab (cotton cleaners, can interfere with the cleaning mechanism and perhaps the skin cells that stimulate the eardrum to the mound there.
The accumulation of serum and skin cells to die is an accumulation of water in the main channel for bathing or swimming. Skin soft and moist in the ear canal is more easily infected by bacteria or fungi.
Symptoms of generalized external otitis are itching, pain and nausea.
If the ear canal swells or fills with pus and skin cells are dead, there may be loss of hearing.
usually if you pull the ears or in front of the ear canal skin is pressed, it will be pain.
Otoscope with ear canal skin is red, swollen, pus-filled skin cells are dead.
Ulcers caused great pain.
If it breaks asthma, leave the blood and pus in the ear.
general treatment of otitis externa, the first removal of dead cells infected ear canal suction or dry cotton. cleaned after the ear canal, in general, function returns to normal hearing.
Usually given antibiotic ear drops for several days. Steroid few drops ear inflammation.
Sometimes ear drops obtained with acetic acid to restore the acid in the ear canal.
Reducing pain in the first 24-48 hours can be given acetaminophen or codeine.
Infection that has spread outside the ear canal (cellulitis), is with oral antibiotics (by mouth) were treated.
Kitchen burst itself, because if you accidentally cut may lead to the spread of infection.
Ear drops containing antibiotics are not effective.
They can relieve pain and promote healing to be done, hot pack (one minute) and the provision of drugs for pain.

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