What should I pay attention to for otitis externa? What details can be paid attention to in daily li

Precautions: 1. For otitis externa, early and timely detection of the disease has certain benefits for **, specifically. It is not difficult to find out if your child is suffering from otitis externa, as long as you look closely.

The clinical symptoms of otitis externa are: the ears do not seem to be clean, and there is a continuous flow of secretions, at this time, the mother must pay special attention to check the child's symptoms, and it is necessary to take the child to the pediatric or otolaryngology department of a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment, and clean up.

2. It is easy not to pick up earwax in daily life. In life, some people like to pick up cotton swabs and pick their ears. In fact, this is a wrong concept, for children, it is more serious lethality, because the child's ear canal is quite delicate, if you take a foreign object to pick the ear, it is easy to make the ear canal break the skin and hurt, if dirt, sewage or bacteria invade the ear at this time, it will lead to inflammation of the ear canal, that is, the occurrence of otitis externa.

3. It is necessary to pay attention to the removal of earwax. You can go to the otolaryngology department and ask the doctor to prescribe a prescription, and drop the ear water into the ear to dissolve the earwax, and it is easy to clean the ear.

People with otitis externa should avoid swallowing water into their mouths when swimming, so that water does not pass through the nasopharynx and enter the middle ear, causing otitis media. For tympanic membrane perforation caused by trauma, it is forbidden to drip any watery fluid, so as not to affect the healing of the wound, and the external auditory canal can be blocked with a sterilized cotton ball to avoid infection and induce otitis media.

Suggestions: Avoid all seafood fresh hair, mustard, mustard greens, snow red and other foods. During the illness, avoid alcohol, spicy foods (such as green onions, garlic, leeks, chili peppers, peppers, mustard greens, snow red, ginger, curry), fishy food, freshwater products, and seafood.

Otitis can be divided into localized otitis externa and diffuse otitis externa, and the common pathogenic bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Proteus. Otitis externa is generally more severe in the early stage of earache, and can cause ipsilateral headache, especially aggravated when opening the mouth to chew, the external auditory canal tenderness and traction pain are obvious, the examination can show that the external auditory canal is red and swollen, and the wall of the external auditory canal may have secretions attached. **Antibiotics are generally used**, and can be used as an aid to analgesia if necessary**.

Another disease that is easy to ignore is the fungal infection of the external auditory canal, which is caused by fungal infection of the external auditory canal, and there is no discomfort in the mild case, generally there is earache, ear itching and even unbearable itching, ear stuffiness, and concurrent infection can have redness, swelling, pain and drainage in the external auditory canal, and fungal hyphae and spores of the external auditory canal can be seen in the examination. Fungal otitis externa requires antifungal**, try to keep the external ear canal clean and dry, and usually be careful not to pick the ears and not let the ears get water.

(1) Try not to pick your ears, in fact, a large part of the outpatient otitis externa is caused by ear picking. Especially when using some sharp objects to pick the ear, it is often easy to cause damage to the ear canal**. At the same time, it also destroys the protective barrier of cerumen and makes it easier for moisture to enter the ear and cause infection.

2) minimize water inflow into the ears; When bathing, placing a cotton ball coated with petroleum jelly in the ear canal prevents water from entering. When swimming, you can use special waterproof earplugs, if there is water flowing into the ears, turn the ear outlet down in time, use the action of gravity to shake the water dry, and use a cotton swab to gently clean the outer part of the external ear canal, dip it to avoid going too deep, and dry the ears (the hair dryer is placed on a low setting, 30cm away from the ears to dry).

3) Pay attention to whether there is otitis media after the cold, and during the recovery period of otitis media, some children may have otitis media exudation, resulting in perforation of the eardrum, and the inflammatory pus in the middle ear will flow into the external auditory canal, causing inflammation. Therefore, to prevent colds, if the child is closely observed for ear pain, tinnitus, ear pulling and other otitis media manifestations after a cold, find out in time and seek medical attention.

1.In the early stage, local hot compresses or ultra-short wave diathermy and other physiotherapy treatments are used.

2.In severe cases, antibiotics should be used to control the infection. Take sedatives and analgesics.

3.Topical ear drops with 1 3% phenol glycerol or 10% fish glycerin or the above liquid gauze are applied to the affected area, and the gauze is changed 2 times a day. Chronic patients can be applied topically with antibiotics and steroid hormones (such as prednisone, dexamethasone, etc.), pastes or creams.

Pus and secretions from the external auditory canal can be washed with 3% hydrogen peroxide.

4.After the boil matures, the pus head is punctured or incised and drained in time.

5.Actively ** infection foci such as suppurative otitis media, diagnosis and treatment of certain related diseases of the body such as diabetes.

Hello, there are many and complex types of otolaryngology diseases, and you can communicate with me if you have otolaryngology diseases, and you can better choose the best method for yourself given by the doctor after learning more about your condition. It is recommended that you go to a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment! wj