Symptoms and treatment of otitis media

After the occurrence of otitis media, it will not only cause ear pain, but may even cause bacterial infection due to perforation, resulting in suppuration inside. Therefore, everyone needs to strengthen exercise in normal times, protect the ears when taking a bath, wipe out all the water in the ears, and do a good job of preventing infection. It can be treated with some Chinese medicine methods.

Hazards (1) Loss of protective function - after perforation, external bacteria, sewage and foreign matter can enter the middle ear through the perforation and cause infection and pus.

(2) Hearing loss - Sound first vibrates the eardrum, then is transmitted to the cochlea through the ossicular chain of the middle ear, causing nerve reflexes to form hearing. If the eardrum becomes inflamed, the effective vibration area of ​​the eardrum is reduced, and the energy of external sound waves transmitted to the inner ear is weakened, causing hearing loss.

(3) When the blood blister ruptures, a small amount of bloody exudate will flow out, causing ear pain and dizziness.

2. Actively treat chronic diseases of the nose and pharynx, such as sinusitis, chronic tonsillitis, and mycoplasma hyperplasia, to reduce the chance of ear infection.

3. Strengthen physical exercise, improve health level and prevent colds.

4. Correct improper nose blowing methods to prevent nasal or nasopharyngeal secretions from invading the throat.

5. Carry out extensive vaccination work for various infectious diseases.

6. Avoid dirty water from entering the ears. If water enters the ears, wipe it clean as soon as possible to keep the external auditory canal clean. People with old tympanic membrane perforation or tympanostomy tubes are prohibited from swimming. Treatment methods 1. Western medicine treatment : It is often combined with intravenous administration and intramuscular injection. Vasodilators can also be added to glucose solution for intravenous drip, and vitamin B1 and B2 can be used for intramuscular administration.

injection. Or it can be combined with Chinese medicine injections, such as ligustrazine, compound danshen injection, angelica injection, etc., for drip infusion.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

(1) Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sudden deafness is mostly caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. The ear meridians are blocked by blood stasis, and the clear yang qi cannot reach the ear orifices, causing the normal physiological function of the ear to decline, resulting in symptoms such as tinnitus and deafness.

Treatment method: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, dredge meridians and open the orifices.

Method: 6 grams of Bupleurum, 10 grams of Cyperus rotundus, 10 grams of Chuanxiong, 10 grams of Angelica sinensis, 10 grams of Red Peony Root, 10 grams of Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, 10 grams of Acorus calamus, and 6 grams of raw licorice. If accompanied by dizziness, add 10 grams of chrysanthemum, 10 grams of double-necked vine, and 6 grams of selfheal. For those with weak constitution, add 10 grams of Codonopsis pilosula and 10 grams of roasted Astragalus membranaceus. For those who are easily irritable, add 10 pieces of white peony root and 30 grams of magnetite.

(2) Acupuncture treatment or external counterpulsation therapy can play an auxiliary role.