How to treat fungal otitis media? Check and treat in time

Fungal otitis media can cause pus discharge from the ears. If you suffer from fungal otitis media, do not take medication blindly, and do not use antibiotics indiscriminately. You should do a detailed examination, and you can also use diet therapy and drink more chrysanthemum tea, which has a good effect in clearing away heat and detoxifying.

1. How to treat fungal otitis media

Otitis media is a very common disease. When pus appears in the ear, many people often take it for granted that they have purulent otitis media. Otolaryngologists remind patients not to have preconceived ideas about the disease. In fact, if the patient has a fungal infection in the ear canal, the same symptoms of pus discharge will occur. The two have different treatments. If they are reversed, it will only aggravate the condition.

Otitis media is caused by bacterial infection, so it is generally treated with antibiotics, such as ofloxacin ear drops. However, if it is a fungal infection, antibiotics must not be used, because antibiotics have no effect on fungi. On the contrary, they will only suppress other pathogenic bacteria, making the environment of the ear canal more suitable for the growth of fungi and further worsening the condition.

Therefore, patients should first undergo a check-up. Once a fungal infection is detected, the most commonly used ear drops in clinical practice include iodine glycerin, salicylic acid alcohol, or Daktarin ointment, which should be used continuously for about two weeks.

2. Diet therapy and health care

Recipe 1: Silver Chrysanthemum Tea

Ingredients: 10 grams of honeysuckle and 10 grams of chrysanthemum.

Usage: Brew with boiling water and drink as tea.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and detoxifies.

Indications: suppurative otitis media, which is caused by excessive liver and gallbladder fire and external invasion of pathogenic heat. It has an acute onset, with pain in the ear, tinnitus, hearing impairment, a feeling of fullness and stuffiness in the ear, accompanied by chills and fever, headache, nasal congestion and runny nose.

Recipe 2 Cabbage, Mint and Reed Root Soup

Ingredients: 3-4 Chinese cabbage roots, 10 grams of reed root, and 3 grams of mint.

Usage: Boil the above three ingredients in water for 15 to 30 minutes, and take it in two doses while still hot.

Efficacy: pungent, cool and dispersing, dispelling wind and clearing heat.

Indications: suppurative otitis media, which belongs to the type of liver and gallbladder fire and external invasion of pathogenic heat. It has an acute onset, ear pain, tinnitus, chills and fever, headache, bitter mouth and dry throat, yellow and red urine, and constipation.

Recipe 3: Bean Rice

Ingredients: 50 grams of white lentils, 15 grams of Prunus mume seeds, 50 grams of black soybeans, and 250 grams of polished rice.

Usage: Soak lentils and black soybeans, peel and grind the Prunus mume kernels, cook them together with the rice until half cooked, filter, steam them in a steamer, and eat when they are slightly warm.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness.

Indications: suppurative otitis media, which is caused by spleen deficiency and dampness, and the ear canal is invaded. Pus discharges from the ear for years, which is sometimes severe and sometimes mild. The pus discharge is large in amount and thin, without obvious odor.