Acute catarrhal otitis: causes, symptoms, treatment

Acute catarrhal otitis differs from simple or otitis media in that it extends not only to the tympanic cavity, but also passes to all other cavities of the middle ear, thereby causing a severe inflammation and affects the cells of the mastoid process, and even the auditory tube thatvery dangerous.

Causes of the disease

Otitis is primarily a bacterial disease, that is, pathogens - bacteria. Pathogens can be various pneumococci, staphylococci, streptococci and others. These bacteria can enter the ear into the person during hypothermia, various infections, with beriberi or kidney disease, as well as diabetes mellitus.

Bacteria enter the ear, passing through the nasal cavity, basically, with acute catarrhal otitis, they move through the auditory tube, but with inflamed mucous, they too can move.

Inflamed mucosa may be caused by influenza, or acute rhinitis or ARI.

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Factors that help spread the infection: this is the blowing of two nostrils that is considered wrong, sneezing, and also coughing, and also high blood pressurein the nasopharynx.

Due to these factors, infected mucus has direct access to the auditory tube.

Symptoms and Diagnosis

It is not difficult to diagnose acute catarrhal otitis, you should pay attention to the following symptoms:

1. Strong pain in the ear.
2. Plugged ear, noise or hearing loss.
3. High( high) temperature, poor health.
4. Lumbago and pulsation in the ear( pain may be given to the whiskey or teeth).
5. When you crush on a tragus - a pain.

In this case, all the pain sensations will be stable and continuous, sometimes there may be a decline, but insignificant and short-term. Pain like a growing, can give in the teeth, whiskey and the back of the head. Also, pain can be pulsating, piercing, aching, boring. It is often diagnosed that with the presence of coughing, sneezing or blowing, the pain intensifies. The appetite may decrease and insomnia may manifest.

If in addition to otitis there are still any infections, the disease can progress along with the high temperature.

During the diagnosis, there may be signs of otitis, such as redness of the membrane, pain with the introduction of a cotton swab. It can be painful to give a tragus. The doctor may note such symptoms as an increase in ESR in the blood and leukocytosis.

Drug treatment

At high temperature, bed rest is necessary, and if there is a suspicion of complications of intracranial nature, you need urgent hospitalization .In the treatment and removal of pain, such drugs as novocaine or alcohol will be effective, you can use glycerol and other pain relievers that are buried in the auricle. For example, drop Otinum.

Before you enter the remedy into your ear, you need to warm it up( put a bubble with drops in a mug with warm water).Take the dropper, fill it with 10-15 drops and pour it into the ear sink. It is desirable that at least 50% is covered. Then make a cotton wick and enter it to the membrane for the whole day.

as soon as possible

If you use alcohol solutions, then you need to fill it 2-3 times a day, but do not pull out the tampon. In order for the substance not to evaporate so quickly, plug your ear with dry cotton wool. You can also put vodka compresses or heating pads, as well as lamps or physiotherapy procedures such as solux and UHF.

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At elevated temperatures, warming up is not recommended as this can aggravate the temperature.

At elevated temperature, you can take paracetamol or analgin, as well as aspirin. Also in the treatment of otitis it is necessary as soon as possible to release the auditory tube and so to say to "pierce" the passage. And for this, should take vasoconstrictive treatment in the nose. For example, naphthysine, or ephedrine, you can still buy sanorin, galazoline, or adrenaline. Drip should be 3-4 times a day, drip for 5-8 drops. It is also necessary to drip bactericidal drops into the nose( but only after the suction of vasoconstrictors).You can use 2% protargol or collargol.

Do not try to wash your nose yourself, so you can only worsen your condition and run the disease.

Also in addition to the already mentioned drugs, you can use drops from otitis with antibiotic or sulfonamides, these drugs are very strong and quickly eliminate the inflammatory process.

Folk remedies

How to treat otitis in the home? You can not cure acute catarrhal otitis with folk remedies, but you can support and help medication. For example, in addition to drops or alcohol solutions, you can bury your ear with oil.

• Heating compresses. Mix 50 ml of water and 50 ml of alcohol, warm the solution. Dampen gauze in this solution, squeeze it and put it on top of the ear, but so that the auricle is open. Lubricate it with baby cream or petroleum jelly. Leave the compress for 2 hours. Baked onion and plantain. You can attach to the ear baked onions or under the
  rozhnik. Such a procedure will help the rapid breakthrough of the boil.
• Decoction of bay leaf. This method is very effective. You need one glass of water and five bay leaves. Mix, bring to a boil and let stand. Drink twice a day
  for three tablespoons and for ten drops to drip into the ear.
• Steam bath. After your boil breaks, you can make a steam bath. To do this, you need to boil the kettle, cover the nose of the teapot with something warm and direct the emerging steam into your ear( the distance should be at least 50 cm!).Warm your ear within 3 minutes, and then rub your face with a cold towel. This procedure will need to be performed ten times. The steam bath helps to remove discomfort in the nose, ear and throat.
• Salt. Salt is a universal remedy, many things you can do from it. You can heat one glass of salt in a microwave, then put it in a bag of dense tissue, wait until it becomes hot, but not scalding and attach to the area that is located next to the ear. You can not put a bag on your ear! Hold for 5-10 minutes. Repeat this procedure can be done many times, right up to full recovery. If there is no salt, you can use pic.
• Garlic. Garlic can remove germs and anesthetize. Take 2-3 cloves of garlic and boil them in water for 5 minutes. Pull, grind and salt. After put this mixture in gauze and attach to the area next to the ear. Also take garlic inside daily.
• Apple cider vinegar. Apple cider vinegar removes fungus. Take apple cider vinegar, alcohol or water and mix in equal proportions. Dampen the swab and insert it into your ear for 5 minutes. After drain the entire mixture from the ear. You can also use white vinegar. You can still gargle with apple cider vinegar.

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Let's sum up. Acute chronic otitis media is a very unpleasant and very difficult disease. If found on time, the treatment is quite effective and simple. But to start the disease is not worth it, as the consequences are very dangerous.

Diagnosing the disease is also simple even alone. Do not self-medicate, be sure to go to the doctor. To cure otitis with the help of folk remedies is impossible, but they are a good and effective addition to drug treatment.