Is otitis media serious

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After the otitis media gets sick, we need to treat it in time. I had such a disease not long ago. I will feel tinnitus and pain. Now let's introduce the severity of otitis media?

Is otitis media serious

First, otitis media is an inflammatory lesion involving all or part of the middle ear (including eustachian tube, tympanic chamber, tympanic sinus and mastoid air chamber). It can be divided into non suppurative and suppurative. Non suppurative otitis media include secretory otitis media and barotrauma otitis media. Suppurative otitis media can be divided into acute and chronic. There is also a relatively rare specific inflammation, such as tuberculous otitis media.

Secondly, there are many reasons for otitis media. Acute otitis media is infected by Eustachian tube, because the inflammation of pharynx and nose spread to eustachian tube after a cold will cause otitis media. The common pathogenic bacteria are pneumococcus, Haemophilus influenzae and so on. The nose also contains a lot of viruses and bacteria. If you blow your nose too hard, the pressure will force the nose to squeeze out into the posterior nostril and reach the eustachian tube, which will cause otitis media. When swimming, because of the pharyngeal water inlet, the water will pass through the nasopharynx and enter the middle ear, causing otitis media.

Finally, otitis media will have persistent purulent situation, and if it is serious, there will be tympanic membrane perforation, leading to hearing loss. Sometimes, if it is serious, it will also cause a series of intracranial or extracranial complications, such as fear of cold, fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, and children may also have gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.

matters needing attention

Otitis media is a common disease in children, patients should not eat spicy or irritating food, but also let patients pay attention to rest, maintain a good mood and proper sports.