How to treat otitis media?

Otitis media is a common ear disease, but it can be divided into many types. If you suffer from this disease, you must first determine the type and then prescribe the right medicine.

1. Treatment of acute and chronic suppurative otitis media:

The treatment of acute and chronic suppurative otitis media is initially based on medication and instillation. The main treatment options are anti-inflammatory drugs; local medications include external compresses such as saline; ear drops are to drip liquid medicine into the patient's ear, which flows through the perforated eardrum to the middle ear.

If suppurative otitis media has developed into mastoiditis, surgical treatment is required.

2. Treatment of secretory otitis media:

The treatment of secretory otitis media aims to improve middle ear ventilation and remove middle ear effusion, with the treatment principle of controlling local infection.

You can use the medicine prescribed by the doctor and spray it into the nasal cavity and pharynx to reduce local edema. If symptoms persist after 3 months of continuous medication, a puncture and fluid extraction should be performed.

3. Treatment of ulcerative otitis media:

If the ear pus of patients with ulcerative otitis media flows smoothly, local medication can be used for treatment; if the pus flow is blocked or not smooth, surgical treatment is required.

4. Treatment of cholesteatoma otitis media:

For cholesteatoma otitis media, medication alone is not helpful. Medication can only temporarily relieve pain but cannot completely cure the disease. If you want to treat the symptoms and the root cause, you need surgical treatment. The most critical factor in curing cholesteatoma otitis media is to use surgery to eliminate the detached epithelium in the middle ear.