Is the earache after cold necessarily otitis media

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My husband's physical fitness is not very good. He often catches cold. Sometimes he catches cold several times a month. He has caught a cold these days. He always says that his back ear is very painful and he feels very uncomfortable. He went to the hospital and the doctor said it's otitis media. Now let's talk about whether the earache after a cold must be otitis media.

Is the earache after cold necessarily otitis media

First: if the cold is not treated in time or the resistance is low, the inflammation can spread to the eustachian tube. The pharyngeal orifice and lumen mucosa of eustachian tube were hyperemia and swelling. The pathogenic bacteria invade the middle ear and cause otitis media.

Second: otitis media is often caused by the common cold or throat infection and other upper respiratory tract infection. Bacteria enter the drum and cause suppurative infection, which is called suppurative otitis media. The most common symptoms of otitis media are stuffy feeling or blocking feeling in the ear, hearing loss and tinnitus, and some of them have secretions.

Third: the simple type is mainly local drug use: antibiotic water solution or mixture of antibiotics and steroid drugs can be used, such as 0. 25% chloramphenicol solution, chloramphenicol cortisone solution and ofloxacin ear drops can treat otitis media and otitis externa.

matters needing attention

For otitis media, it is necessary to see a doctor in time for active treatment, timely standard, foot treatment, may be cured, and different types, prognosis is also different, but if the treatment is not active, may be chronic or left sequelae, usually also pay more attention to improve the body resistance.