Otitis media is a common ear disease in life, with a high incidence in childhood. It has a great impact on the health of patients, and it is necessary to pay attention to and understand more in daily life. So let's look at the causes of otitis media.
What are the causes of otitis media?
Common causes
1. Listening to music with headphones can also cause otitis media: listening to loud music with headphones, if the time is long, it is easy to cause chronic otitis media, causing tissue damage to the ear, and serious complications such as hearing loss, such as otitis media.
2. Smoking, including second-hand smoke, can also cause otitis media: smoking can cause systemic arteriosclerosis, especially nicotine in cigarettes entering the bloodstream, causing spasm of small blood vessels and increased viscosity, hardening of the arterioles that supply blood to the inner ear, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the inner ear, which seriously affects hearing.
3. Breastfeeding can lead to otitis media in infants and young children: if the infant is breastfeeding in the supine position, because the infant's Eustachian tube is relatively straight, and the lumen is short and the inner diameter is wide, the milk can be choked into the middle ear through the Eustachian tube to cause otitis media. So the mother should sit well when feeding the baby, pick up the baby obliquely, and use the head to pump vertically.
4. Swimming can cause otitis media: In the hot summer, more and more people are swimming. Water in the mouth should be avoided when swimming, so that water does not pass through the nasopharynx into the middle ear, causing otitis media. Traumatic tympanic membrane perforation is forbidden to drip any water-like liquid to avoid affecting wound healing, and sterile cotton balls can be used to block the external ear canal to avoid infection causing otitis media.
5. Improper blowing of the nose will lead to otitis media: some people often pinch the wings of the nose with two fingers when blowing the nose, and blow the nose out forcefully. This method of blowing the nose is not only unable to blow out the nose completely, but it is also very dangerous. So, you want to advocate the correct way to blow your nose: pinch one nostril with your fingers, blow slightly on the nose of the nostril on the opposite side, and blow on the other side in the same way.
6. Colds can cause otitis media: after a cold, inflammation of the pharynx and nose spreads to the Eustachian tube, hyperemia and swelling of the mucous membrane of the pharynx and lumen of the Eustachian tube, ciliary dyskinesia, pathogenic bacteria invade the middle ear, causing otitis media. Common pathogenic bacteria include pneumococcal bacteria, Haemophilus influenzae, etc., so preventing colds can reduce the occurrence of otitis media.
Through the introduction of the above content, I believe that everyone already knows what the cause of otitis media is. Therefore, in daily life, we should pay more attention to otitis media and do a good job in related prevention work. Exercise more, enhance physical fitness, pay attention to rest, and ensure adequate sleep. In order to keep the disease away from us.
