Can otitis media cause deafness
summary
Front ear ache, go to the hospital to see a doctor to say is tympanitis, drop of otorrhea, eat Pudilan oral liquid, a month later, the otorrhea stopped five days later, go to the hospital to check, there is effusion in the ear, is viral otitis media, the treatment is very fast, I recover almost, I come to talk about otitis media will be deaf.
Can otitis media cause deafness
Harm 1: repeated inflammation of middle ear can lead to otitis media of bone abscess type or cholesteatoma type. Bone erosion may lead to facial paralysis, meningitis, brain abscess and other intracranial and extracranial complications, even life-threatening.
Harm 2: because the tympanic cavity is very close to the head, if otitis media is not treated in time, it is likely to be complicated with serious diseases such as meningitis, brain abscess, thrombophlebitis and so on, causing life-threatening, especially those patients with severe high fever and respiratory failure must be treated urgently, otherwise they are likely to die.
Harm three: ear purulent and hearing loss, although it is very troublesome, but for patients with chronic otitis media, these are not the most important, the most worrying is the complications, before the complications, patients often have no feeling, but if it occurs, then the disease is more serious, some even life-threatening.
matters needing attention
This disease needs attention: to prevent acute infectious diseases, otitis media is often a complication of some acute infectious diseases in childhood. It often occurs in the later stage of measles, meningitis, fishy red fever, toxic bacillary dysentery, pneumonia, influenza and other diseases. In addition to these diseases that reduce children's body resistance and create conditions for bacterial invasion of the nasopharynx, middle ear infection can also be caused by blood. Therefore, prevention, isolation and early treatment of infectious diseases can enhance the body's resistance and reduce the chance of otitis media.
