EAR WAX [ CERUMEN ] BLOCKAGE EARS
YOU MAY HAVE:
- Earache
- Feeling of fullness in the affected ear
- Ringing or noises in the ear (tinnitus)
- Decreased hearing in the affected ear
- Dizziness
- Cough
FUNGUS / OTOMYCOSIS
- Blockage
- Severe itching
- Pain
- Discharge
HOW IS EARDRUM PERFORATION DIAGNOSED?
Person may have one or many of these ear symptoms Ear pain, discharge, bleeding, or hearing loss These symptoms may be the result of eardrum perforation and if left untreated can cause serious damage to the inner ear. Many times when the eardrum is perforated, the small bones behind the eardrum, or ossicles, break as well. When this happens, hearing loss may become severe.
HOW IS HEARING LOSS MANAGED OR TREATED?
These devices help restore hearing. Hearing aids are devices worn on or inside the ear to amplify sound. Healthcare providers surgically implant cochlear implants into the inner ear to treat inner ear hearing loss.
CHOLESTEATOMA
Cholesteatoma’s [ unsafe ear /unsafe csom ] definition is skin growth in the wrong place behind the ear drum. When this skin grows behind the ear drum or it grows into the bone behind the ear (mastoid bone), it is called a cholesteatoma. This skin grows at a much faster rate than regular skin and destroys the structures around it. The treatment of a cholesteatoma is its removal by surgery.
HOW IS VERTIGO TREATED?
BPPV, or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, most common cause of vertigo….because of accumulation of calcium particles in the inner ear. canalith repositioning procedure is required
