What happens when a virus or bacteria gets into the ear?
After a virus or bacteria enters the ear
Inflammation occurs in the middle ear cavity of the ear
Over time, pus can accumulate in the middle ear cavity
Foul-smelling pus comes out of the ears
This is what is often referred to as otitis media
If not treated promptly
Pus in the ear can erode the eardrum
Over time, small holes will appear in the eardrum
The pus then travels through the small hole into the milk cavity
Begins to erode the perimapillary bone
This is what is often referred to as middle ear mastoiditis
Case Review:
Ms. Long, from Zhenning County, began to experience pus in both ears and hearing loss 10 years ago. When her ears usually have pus, Ms. Long felt that the symptoms were relieved after washing with hydrogen peroxide, but she still had recurrent attacks.
One month ago, Ms. Long felt that the above symptoms were aggravated with dizziness, and immediately went to the local municipal people's hospital for examination and found cholesteatoma in both ears, and recommended that the patient be operated in a higher-level hospital. After a number of treatments to no avail, Ms. Long felt physically and mentally exhausted.
Fortunately, through the introduction of relatives and friends, Ms. Long came to Guiyang Mingren ENT Hospital.
After detailed questioning and examination, the doctor diagnosed chronic purulent middle ear mastoiditis (cholesteatoma formation) in both ears.
Through detailed research, the doctor finally adopted specialized treatment, and the effect was very remarkable.
After 2 days, Ms. Long felt that the treatment was very obvious, her ears did not leak pus, and her hearing was restored.
In fact, if Ms. Long had been treated as soon as possible, she might not have had to travel to multiple hospitals for treatment. Because the predecessor of middle ear mastoiditis is otitis media.
It's just that Ms. Long usually showed symptoms of ear pus and hearing loss, but Ms. Long didn't pay attention to it, which led to the aggravation of her condition.
Therefore, I hope that everyone's attitude towards ear, nose and throat diseases must be a combination of prevention and treatment, and we must not wait until the condition is serious to regret it.
Middle ear mastoiditis is a further development of otitis media, in which the lesion progresses from the middle ear cavity to the mastoid cavity. In patients with middle ear mastoiditis, symptoms and signs worsen after eardrum perforation and pus discharge from the eardrum in middle ear mastoiditis, and most of them are due to mastoid infection.
Middle ear mastoiditis is caused by weak body resistance, strong virulence of pathogenicity, or improper treatment, etc., so that the middle ear inflammation continues to develop, and pus drainage in the mastoid is not smooth. Generally speaking, middle ear mastoiditis can cause symptoms such as tinnitus, hearing loss, and pus and bleeding.
There are three types of middle ear mastoiditis:
1. Chronic simple middle ear mastoiditis, this inflammation occurs only with lesions of the mucous membrane without bone destruction.
2. Chronic osteolitic middle ear mastoiditis, which indicates that there is bone destruction, such as the destruction of the ossicles, the destruction of the bone wall of the mastoid cavity, etc.
3. Cholesteatoma middle ear mastoiditis, this inflammation often causes complications, extracranial complications include labyrinthitis, subperiosteal abscess behind the ear, fistula behind the ear, etc., which will cause intracranial development such as meningitis, brain abscess, etc.
What are the dangers of middle ear mastoiditis?
1. Lowering the force
Recurrent otitis media mastoiditis can enlarge the perforation of the tympanic membrane, harden the adhesions in the middle ear, and further reduce hearing. If not properly used, it can also cause a decline in the function of the inner ear nerve, making it more difficult to treat.
2. Cause complications
Repeated inflammation of middle ear mastoiditis can lead to cholesteatoma otitis media, and bone erosion may lead to meningitis, brain abscess and other intracranial and extracranial complications, and even life-threatening.
3. Causes pain when the neck turns
Various abscesses of middle ear mastoiditis, such as subperiosteal abscess behind the ear, after the abscess appears, a very soft mass can be felt locally, the pain is severe, and there is a high fever.
4. Mastitis of the middle ear
The facial nerve is very close to the middle ear cavity, and if it is damaged, it can cause the mouth and eyes to be crooked.
5. Labyrinthitis caused by middle ear mastoiditis
If the inflammation invades inward, entering the inner ear can cause labyrinthitis that causes dizziness and nausea, vomiting, etc.
Mingren middle ear mastoiditis prevention tips:
1. To prevent the occurrence of acute middle ear mastoiditis, it is necessary to actively and timely treat acute otitis media.
2. The patient's physical health should be improved, nutrition should be strengthened, and sufficient protein and vitamin diet should be provided. Strengthen the resistance and keep the dressing neat and tidy until the wound heals.
3. After the occurrence of acute middle ear mastoiditis, it will burst on its own within a certain period of time and expand outward, so it is necessary to go to the hospital in time to perform simple mastomy, and remove the purulent material drainage at the middle ear and mastoid to prevent outward expansion, forming a postauricular abscess, and expanding inward to form meningitis and other intracranial complications.