EXTERNAL OTITIS

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EXTERNAL OTITIS

External otitis

The infection of the external ear, that includes/understands from the eardrum to the outside.

Prognosis

Curable with treatment in 7-10 days.

Complications

Intense pain.

Inflammation chronic, difficult to even treat, that it can happen to the average or internal conduit of the ear, and to the brain.

Prevention

Not to manipulate the ear with hard objects.

Not to clean the ears habitually on the inside (it can twice do it one or to the month, not more).

If it produces much wax, will have to consult with its doctor, in case one is eczema.

The cotton small sticks will irritate the ear and will cause the production of more earwax.

Not to wet the ear with chemical agents.

To keep the prescription from the drops for the ear prescribed by its doctor sometimes previous.

Diagnosis and treatment

Examination of the ear.

Culture of the found exudate.

To alleviate the pain and to clean the conduit with care.

Compresas I warm up on the auricular pavilion.

Paracetamol or aspirin for the pain.

Antibiotics and cortisone in opinion of its doctor.

Signs and symptoms

Unloading of pus from the ear.

Pain in the ear that worsens with the mobilization of the auricular pavilion.

Picor in the ear.

Slight fever.

Factors of risk

To swim in contaminated or very chlorinated water.

Dirty water immersion.

Created irritation to take to ring or slopes.

Use of sprays for the hair.

Exaggerated earwax production.

Previous infections of ear.

Allergies of skin.

Mellitus diabetes or other problems that ready to the infections.

Causes

Infection by bacteria or fungi of the external conduit of the ear.

Injuries or manipulations of the auditory conduit.

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