What should I do if I have mold in my ears? What to do about a mold infection in your ear

I also went to the hospital last week for a check-up, and the doctor said there was a mold infection. My symptom was an imbalance in ear pressure, like the feeling in my ears when taking off or descending on a plane. The doctor prescribed "boric acid ear drops", saying that this was the symptomatic drug for this disease.

I've been dropping for 4 days now and feel noticeable results. However, the doctor said that the recovery of fungal infections is relatively slow, and it usually takes 2-3 weeks to take medication. This medicine is not available in many pharmacies, and some hospitals do not have it, you can look for it, it is generally prepared by the hospital itself, and it is very cheap, a few dollars.

Hope it helps.

Some of my friends found that the inside of their ears was always very itchy, so they would pluck their ears with their own hands. As a result, I found that my ears were bleeding, and it wasn't until I went to the hospital for an examination that I realized that my ears had been infected with mold. So what to do about a mold infection in your ears?

Otitis externa caused by a fungal infection causes itching of the ears. Some may also be accompanied by tympanic perforation. **Mainly antifungal drugs, with compound amphotericin B eye drops and every night before bedtime, Daknin ointment can be effective**.

If tympanic perforation is present, it is best to perform tympanoplasty** after healing.

After this ** is good, as long as it no longer touches the dirty water with bacteria into the ear, the infection can be avoided. This is not to say that there was no **first**, but it was caused by contact with mold again. Jieer Yin lotion can be molded, or it can be made into a powder and dissolved in sterile distilled water to drop the ear, which can also achieve the purpose of sterilization.

As long as you don't get dirty water into your ears in the future, it's fine.

Generally, fungal infections are fungal infections, and it is recommended to go to the otolaryngology department of a local regular hospital as soon as possible, and carry out standardized antifungal treatment under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delaying the condition. In addition, most fungal infections are related to low immunity and belong to opportunistic infections, so it is necessary to pay attention to strengthening exercise, supplementing nutrition, improving body resistance, and helping to recover and prevent the disease**.

It is not impossible to have mold in the ear, and he, like most diseases, follows the principle of early detection and early detection. Drugs such as acyclovir and norfloxacin are broad-spectrum bactericidal drugs that specialize in ear mold. Especially for people with low mold content, this time is also the most treatable period, if acyclovir and norfofloxacin can be used in time**, then most patients with ear mold can **.

The key is that the symptoms of mold in the ears are not obvious, and many patients are only detected after symptoms such as ear tingling and hearing loss, so they miss the best time.

Be sure not to pick your ears and keep your external auditory canal dry. Usually pay attention to enhance physical fitness, reduce the occurrence of colds, drink more water, eat a light diet, eat less spicy food and sweets, quit smoking and alcohol. Keep water and dirt out of the affected ear.

For mold, there are many people who don't know much, before introducing the first method, let me briefly introduce to you what mold is, what kind of harm it will bring to the human body. Molds are filamentous fungi that tend to form branched mycelium, but do not produce large fruiting bodies like mushrooms. Mold is easy to breed in damp places, and they are very multiplicative, if we have mold on our body, it will bring great harm to our body, so what should we do if our ears are infected with mold**?

The following is a brief introduction to several effective methods, hoping to help patients.

Method 1: You should pay attention to your own hygiene, when taking a bath, you can clean your ears more, pay attention not to get water into your ears when cleaning, you should wash carefully, in addition to washing your ears, your usual clothes should be washed separately to avoid cross-infection, and you should usually eat fresh food, and you should not eat food overnight or for a long time, so as not to aggravate the condition;

Method 2: Do not abuse antibiotics, eating a large amount of antibiotics may inhibit the bacteria that are beneficial to human health, destroy the body's natural defense barrier, and cause a large number of molds;

Method 3: Patients with severe disease can take some anti-inflammatory drugs. Although the drug works quickly, it is more or less caused to the human body, and long-term use must have a certain impact on the body.

Mold infections of the external auditory canal are now more common, and the main thing is to clean up the local mold and need to go to the hospital to be treated by a specialist. After cleaning, apply topical ** fungal infection ointment, such as parisone or elosone, while paying attention to the external auditory canal to keep dry, mold likes moisture.

The most common cause of fungal infection is due to long-term, repeated dampness, such as water in the ear, which is not cleaned in time, or may be a bad habit of picking the ear, unhygienic utensils, especially when the ear is picked outside, which can cause fungal infection. After the mold infection, the main thing is itchy ears, sometimes severe pain, there will be discharge, running water, and even yellow and black discharge, and the ears will have a blockage and stuffy feeling, so you must seek medical attention in time and let the doctor help deal with it.