Category: Ear

This patient also had a nose infection which crept up the eustachian tubes into both his ears and as a result he had infection of both middle ears which was successfully treated with antibiotics. He was impatient to wait for the residual secretions in the middle ear to drain.  

Acute otitis media is a painful type of ear infection. It occurs when the area behind the eardrum called the middle ear becomes inflamed and infected. This patient’s middle ear infection was actually due to the infection of the nose and nasopharynx creeping up the Eustachian tube to infect the middle ear. Pus formed in…

Fungal Infection is a form of ear infection that normally occurs when antibiotic ear drops are used too often making the ear canal sterile and lacking normal ear flora. It can also occur in those with lowered immunity. It is fairly easy to treat but requires a more prolonged treatment compared to a normal bacterial…