Causes of otitis media

There are many types of diseases. When treating some diseases, we must first understand the cause and treatment of the disease, which will be helpful for the treatment of the disease, and we can choose the right treatment method so that the disease will not continue to develop. Otitis media is a disease that is relatively harmful to the human body. If this type of disease is not treated in time, it will have a great impact on human hearing. What is the cause of otitis media?

Many people are not very clear about the causes of otitis media, so they need to have some understanding of this type of disease so that they can know what kind of treatment method is best when treating it.

Causes of otitis media:

1. Acute otitis media is an acute suppurative inflammation of the middle ear mucosa, which is infected through the Eustachian tube. After a cold, inflammation of the pharynx and nose spreads to the Eustachian tube, causing congestion and swelling of the pharyngeal opening and mucosal cavity of the Eustachian tube, and ciliary movement is impaired, causing otitis media. Common pathogens include pneumococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, etc.

2. Nasal mucus contains a large number of viruses and bacteria. If you pinch both nostrils and blow them hard, the pressure will force the mucus to squeeze out of the posterior nasal aperture, reach the Eustachian tube, and cause otitis media.

3. Avoid swallowing water when swimming to prevent water from entering the middle ear through the nasopharynx and causing otitis media. If the eardrum is perforated due to trauma, do not drip any liquids to avoid affecting the healing of the wound. You can use sterilized cotton balls to block the external auditory canal to prevent infection and otitis media.

4. If infants and young children are fed in a supine position, since their Eustachian tubes are relatively straight, with shorter tube cavities and wider inner diameters, milk can enter the middle ear through the Eustachian tubes and cause otitis media.

5. Smoking, including secondhand smoke, can also cause otitis media. Smoking can cause systemic arteriosclerosis, especially when nicotine in cigarettes enters the blood, causing small blood vessels to spasm, blood viscosity to increase, and arterioles that supply blood to the inner ear to harden, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the inner ear and seriously affecting hearing.

6. Listening to loud rock music with headphones for a long time can easily cause chronic otitis media.

The above is a detailed introduction to the causes of otitis media. There are many reasons for this disease, the most common of which is the use of headphones for too long. Therefore, when improving this type of disease, you need to pay attention to reducing the choice of headphones. This will be very helpful in preventing otitis media and will also have some effect on the treatment of the disease.