What injury is perforation of eardrum

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Sometimes people's eardrum may be perforated because of some accidents in life, such as fighting, falling and so on. The ear is the source of our listening. But according to different degrees of damage, its severity is not the same. Now let's talk about what kind of injury is perforation of eardrum.

What injury is perforation of eardrum

First: ear injury, auricle injury to obvious deformation; one ear auricle defect up to 10% of one ear, or both auricle defects accumulated up to 15% of one ear, traumatic tympanic membrane perforation, external auditory canal injury caused by external auditory canal stenosis, ear injury caused by hearing loss up to 41 dB in one ear, 30 dB in two ears.

Second: minor injury, acute otitis media caused by tympanic membrane perforation, the patient first has ear pain, tympanic membrane perforation after pain can be reduced, there can be liquid out of the ear. Immediate hearing loss accompanied by tinnitus, a small amount of external auditory canal bleeding and ear stuffy feeling. Most of the hearing tests were conductive deafness, and a few of them were mixed deafness and nerve deafness. If the amount of bleeding is large or accompanied by water outflow, the possibility of cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea should be considered.

Third: internal injury, tympanic membrane perforation caused by otitis media, systemic treatment should be early application of sufficient antibiotics to control infection, can choose penicillin, cephalosporin and other drugs. After cleaning the external auditory canal with 3% hydrogen peroxide, antibiotics can be used to treat the chronic inflammation of adjacent organs. Remove the foreign body and clot in the external auditory canal.

matters needing attention

Therefore, when the eardrum perforation occurs, we need to go to the hospital for treatment immediately, because if we handle it carelessly, it will have a great impact on our hearing and normal life. For example, our hearing will be seriously reduced, tinnitus will occur frequently, and the external auditory canal will feel particularly painful and uncomfortable.