Deaf, brain complications from ear infections!

Ho Chi Minh City Otolaryngology Hospital operates about ten patients with osteoarthritis every day. Many cases have to accept permanent deafness after surgery to prevent complications in the brain, saving lives.

Pus, tinnitus

'I have ear infection (VT) of the bone, hard eardrum for a long time and was operated in 1991. However, since the surgery until now, my ear still does not go away, the pus still flows out regularly. Now I have a lot of pain in my ears and the first half . ' - Mr. TH (Bac Lieu town, Bac Lieu province) said. I NTN (19 years old, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City) said when I was young my ears were waterless. Since then, she has been suffering from pus and ear lingering for a long time, and in 2002, she could not go to surgery so that doctors could suck pus in the ear. After four years of operation, the ears did not hear any more clearly. In addition, the ears always sound like a creaking noise .

The head and neck ear doctors, Ho Chi Minh City ENT Hospital are operating on patients with UTI.(17 years old, Ho Nhat Nhat, Dong Nai) suffered from osteomyelitis, on January 17, 2007 (Photo: L.TH.H)

Dr. Vo Quang Phuc - deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City Otolaryngology Hospital - said VT is a common disease in both adults and children. There are two types of external VT and middle VT.

When external VT is present, the patient (BN) often has symptoms of ear itching, a feeling of fullness in the ear or a cloudy discharge in the ear, hearing loss. The reason is to put dirty water into the ear (bathing in the pool or bathing in dirty water, shampoo and soapy water .); due to dust, exhaust gas . from the environment flying into the ear; Do not wash your hands before scraping your ears or using poorly cleaned earplugs; Do not clean the ears, so that earwax closes in the ear causing a ' knot ' phenomenon. When swimming or swimming, water in the ear will expand causing infection. Due to ear injury or ear piercing with poor hygiene tools. In some cases, it is not possible to treat it in time, causing the ears to shrink, cringe like a mushroom.

Middle VT is caused by patients with rhinitis but not treated properly, prompting bacteria from the nose to pass through the atrium into the middle ear; having flu (inflammation of the upper respiratory tract) can also cause middle VT. For children, middle VT is usually caused by VA inflammation. Middle VT also has two types: VT between acute and chronic. Middle-level VT if left untreated will cause eardrum perforation. If continued untreated, it will lead to chronic chronic VT. Middle chronic VT without proper treatment will lead to osteomalacia .

Can complicate the brain

According to Dr. Quang Phuc, in case of patients with osteomalacia, the doctor will radically surgery (hollowed out stone) to prevent distorted complications of mouth, eyes closed closed (facial nerve paralysis), or complications more dangerous than meningitis, brain abscess (high mortality rate). However, with this treatment, the patient must accept to sacrifice all hearing function (completed surgery is deaf).

The warning signs for patients with complications in the brain are high fever, chills like those with malaria, vomiting, earaches in the ear that are spread or spread to the whole head, green ears discharge green, smelly like odor rotten eggs, hearing impaired. When these symptoms are present, you should go to the ENT clinic for emergency surgery immediately.

Dr. Quang Phuc said that when he was infected with VT, the patient was easily relapsed because once he had VT, the ear mucosa was very fragile and sensitive to environmental factors. Another reason is that the patient does not have a regular follow-up appointment (3, 6 or 12 months) of the doctor to assess the condition of the eardrum as well as check the patient's hearing function. Improper use of the drug, leaving dirty water in the ear, poor ear hygiene also lead to relapse of VT.

To prevent VT, Dr. Quang Phuc advised against putting dirty water into the ear, especially in children. When swabbing the ear, use a clean cotton swab, wash your hands before swabbing your ears. If you want to get earwax at a barbershop, shop for yourself a set of hairdressers. For children, it is unclear to go to school to see the condition of the ear canal, eardrum, or earwax.

It should also be noted that patients should not arbitrarily buy antibiotics or small traditional medicines. In fact, at BV there were not many patients with more serious complications because they arbitrarily put things in their ears, such as alkaline, vinegar, wind oil or sprinkled with medicinal powder, powder from capsules of antibiotics.

LE THANH HA