Otitis and its treatment

Otitis – an ear inflammation. The external otitis is shown by an inflammation of a skin of an auricle or external acoustical pass. The inflammation of an average ear (an average otitis) arises usually as complication of infectious diseases (flu, measles, quinsy, etc.); displays – a pain in ear, hearing fall. Under adverse conditions the average otitis can pass in the chronic form.

Otitis treatment

Yakov Bogatin says that at external otitises expediently introduction in external acoustical pass gauze turunda, the moistened 70 % the spirit, a warming compress, physiotherapeutic procedures and vitamin therapy. Antibiotics preparations are applied at the expressed inflammation and the raised temperature. At abscess formation its opening is prescribed. At the poured inflammation wash out acoustical pass by disinfectant solutions.

At average otitises a confinement to bed is necessary, under indications antibiotics, sulfanamides, antiseptics. At a heat amidopyrine, acetylsalicylic acid. Warming compresses and physiotherapy are applied as well. For pain reduction in an ear dig in in a warm kind of 96 % spirit. In case of suppuration instillation in an ear should be stopped. In the absence of effect from conservative treatment make an eardrum section. After occurrence of suppuration from external acoustical pass it is necessary to provide its good outflow. If after the termination purulent discharges from an ear and scarring of an eardrum the hearing remains lowered, blowing off, pneumatic massage on ear area are prescribed.

At an otitis of an internal ear with the rests of functions of a labyrinth conservative treatment (a confinement to bed, dehydration and antibacterial therapy) is prescribed. At labyrinthitis the remained function of a labyrinth if antibacterial therapy is inefficient and cavitary trepanation is prescribed. The absolute indication to operation on a labyrinth simultaneously with operation on an average ear is sequestration of a labyrinth or purulent labyrinthitis with intracranial complications.

Yakov Bogatin states that it is necessary to visit doctor at once at pain occurrence in an ear and in case it has not gone away in two days.

Usually otitis treatment proceeds about ten days. Under condition of correctly picked up therapy and accurately carried out appointments disease is not reflected in sensory acuity.