How is a collapsed eardrum treated, and what are the treatments for a collapsed eardrum?

If the eardrum is found to be collapsed during the examination, it is necessary to see if it causes discomfort, and take ** measures according to the specific situation. The most common cause of earmold collapse is the collapse of the eardrum caused by negative pressure in the tympanic cavity of the middle ear, causing ear stuffiness, tinnitus, and in severe cases, ootic otitis media. The most common cause is due to dysfunction of the Eustachian tube, which does not open properly.

**There are many methods, such as eustachian tube blowing, artificial pressure to make the air enter the middle ear, so that the pressure inside and outside the tympanic membrane is balanced, and the tympanic membrane inversion is improved. If the eardrum is inverted due to compression of the eustachian tube by inferior turbinate hypertrophy, partial inferior turbinate resection may be performed. If the swelling of the inferior turbinate mucosa caused by acute rhinitis compresses the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube, topical nasal hormone sprays such as mometasone furoate or fluticasone propionate can be used to spray nasal spray** acute rhinitis.

If it is a congenital inverted eardrum, there is no discomfort and no special treatment is required.

In fact, there may be a lot of lesions in our ears, so we should pay attention to protecting our ears, for example, when we listen to songs, we must pay attention to protecting our ears, such as wearing headphones for a limited time, and then don't always go to particularly noisy places. So, what are the specific methods of eardrum collapse?

1. Blowing support

After the eardrum collapses, if the condition is not severe, you can pinch the nostrils and blow desperately to support the eardrum. However, it should be noted that the throat should be released and blown together when the eardrum is eardrum, otherwise the effect will not be good. After using the insufflation method, it is necessary to pay attention to go to the hospital for a re-examination after a period of time, so as not to have an unexpected situation and not know the suspicion.

2. Puncture the eardrum

Puncturing the eardrum is usually a method that is only used when there is inflammation of the ear canal, and it must be carried out by a professional doctor in a regular hospital, and people without any medical knowledge and clinical trials should not do it without authorization, otherwise it is likely to cause the patient to become deaf forever.

3. Massage the eardrum

Massaging the eardrum is a process of squeezing the air in the ear canal to make the eardrum collapse and bulge, and is only suitable for patients who are not seriously ill. If the condition is more serious and there are complications, it is not recommended to use it, otherwise it will delay the condition and miss the best time.

4. Surgical tympanic membrane

Eardrum collapse**It is also possible to use surgical tympanic membranes, but it is necessary to pay attention to choosing a regular and authoritative hospital, otherwise it is easy to cross-infection with incomplete instrument sterilization. Many patients do not have otitis media, but they are infected with otitis media due to the use of incomplete disinfection instruments, which is really worth the loss.

5. Main symptoms

1) Hearing loss: hearing loss, self-hearing enhancement, head tilt forward or bias to the unaffected side, due to the fluid leaving the snail transmission, the slippery hearing can be temporarily improved (metastatic hearing improvement), when the fluid is viscous, the hearing can not be changed due to the change of head position. Children often have slow response to sounds, difficulty concentrating, and declining academic performance, and are brought to the doctor by their parents.

If one ear is diseased and the other ear has normal hearing, it may go unnoticed for a long time and be detected during a physical examination.

2) Earache: acute patients may have vague otalgia, often the first symptom of the patient, can be persistent, can also be throbbing, chronic earache is not obvious, the disease is very related to the occlusion or fullness in the ear, after pressing the tragus can be temporarily reduced.

3) Tinnitus: mostly low-key intermittent, such as "crackling" sound, buzzing and running water. When the head moves, yawns, or blows the nose, the sound of breath passing through the ears may appear.

4) There is a feeling of "wood" around the patient, and there is a sense of boredom psychologically.

Drugs for invaginated eardrum** are generally aimed at the underlying disease** such as inflammation of the ear and nose, including oral anti-inflammatory drugs, drugs to promote mucus drainage, nasal sprays or nasal drops, etc., and may require infusions in severe cases**.

The cause of the tympanic membrane depression is caused by an imbalance in the air pressure inside and outside the eardrum. In the nasopharynx, there is a tube that opens downward, backward, and outward, and the other end opens in the anterior wall of the tympanic membrane, and this tube is called the eustachian tube. Its role is to communicate the tympanic cavity with the nasopharynx, so that the atmospheric pressure of the tympanic cavity and the external auditory canal is equal to maintain the equalization of the tympanic membrane pressure.

Catarrhal otitis media can lead to dysfunction of the eustachian tube, causing an imbalance in the atmospheric pressure inside and outside the eardrum. In addition, rhinitis, pharyngitis or cold nasal congestion can cause Eustachian tube disorders and imbalance the pressure inside and outside the eardrum. Therefore, keeping the eustachian tube open is key to preventing the tympanic membrane from invagination.

It is recommended to pinch the nostrils and hold your breath to puff out, but the force must be appropriate, if the force is too strong, it is easy to cause the eardrum to rupture.

Hello: Eardrum depression is actually caused by the formation of negative pressure in the ear, under normal circumstances, the eardrum is part of the middle ear, and the middle ear communicates with the nose through the eustachian tube, when the eustachian tube is blocked (or when the opening is poor), the inside is equal to atresia, so that the blood flow inside will bring out a small amount of gas inside, and gradually it will be negative pressure, and some people have oozing otitis media.

If there is no change in your hearing, you can observe it temporarily, **what, you can pinch your nose and puff it up as the brother above said** (but you must not do that when there is inflammation in the nasal cavity, it is easy to get acute otitis media).

It is necessary to try to choose an authoritative hospital with a certain reputation and influence in order to recover your condition as soon as possible. Wang Huili, an expert from Wuhan Minsheng Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist Hospital, met the standards in all aspects.

Analysis: Hello! You mean an inverted eardrum, right?

When the opening of the Eustachian tube in the nasal cavity is blocked, the air in the middle ear is absorbed by the mucous membrane, the air pressure will drop, and the external air pressure will press the tympanic membrane to the middle ear, thus forming an invagination of the tympanic membrane.

When the temperature is high, the tympanic membrane is invaginated, and two reasons should be considered to cause the nasal mucosa to swell and block the Eustachian tube opening: one is that in the air-conditioned room, the nasal mucosa warms the moist air by congestion and swelling, and the swollen mucosa blocks the Eustachian tube opening; One is that some people's nasal mucosa will swell when the temperature is high, just as these people will have a runny nose when they eat spicy and hot things.

Guidance: If you are the first of the above, then spend as little time as possible in an air-conditioned room, and if necessary, you can use furama nasal drops**.

If it is the second case mentioned above, then stay in an air-conditioned room as much as possible, eat less spicy, and wait until the food is cold before eating.

You can also do tympanic membrane massage: put your palms against the piercings of your ears, open your mouth, press your palms relative to each other, relax your hands, and then press relative to each other, repeating many times.

If necessary, ask a local ENT doctor for a check-up.