Symptoms of middle ear barotrauma

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Middle ear barotrauma especially needs to be differentiated from other ear diseases, such as otitis media. The most common symptoms of otitis media are stuffy feeling or blocking feeling in the ear, hearing loss and tinnitus. It often occurs after a cold or unconsciously. Sometimes the head position changes can improve the hearing and enhance the self hearing. Some patients have mild earache, Children are often slow to listen or inattention. Under normal circumstances, the eustachian tube is opened instantaneously during swallowing, yawning and blowing nose to keep the pressure in the tympanic chamber in balance with that outside. Let's take a look at the following.

Symptoms of middle ear barotrauma

First, the main clinical symptoms of middle ear barotrauma are as follows: negative pressure in tympanic chamber can cause blood vessel dilation of submucosal tissue, resulting in serum leakage, even bleeding, forming middle ear effusion or hematocele. With the aggravation of negative pressure in middle ear, the tympanic membrane itself can appear invagination, blood filling, peeling of mucous membrane layer and fibrous layer, or even perforation. Therefore, it shows sudden sensation, ear tightness, tinnitus, Headache, dizziness and other symptoms.

Second: when the patient appears, for example, when taking a plane, the lower the distance from the ground, the faster the descent speed is, which will lead to a larger pressure difference in a short time. If there is no active ventilation action, the middle ear barotrauma is prone to occur. Or when diving, the tympanic membrane may rupture because the eustachian tube can not be blown to restore the balance between middle ear pressure and external pressure.

Third: Patients with mild symptoms can only feel ear tightness occasionally, which can be recovered after a few hours. However, patients with severe symptoms may have earache, tinnitus and obvious decrease of suction, which can be recovered after a few days. In some severe cases, the whole tympanic membrane can be congested, and perforation of tympanic membrane occasionally occurs.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to the regular diet and life, keep a good attitude, avoid cold, fatigue, light diet, avoid spicy stimulating food and greasy food, avoid smoking and drinking, so as to avoid the decline of resistance and regulation ability.