Hearing recovery after otitis media

Otitis media is a serious inflammation of the ear. At least once in a lifetime, a person was ill with this unpleasant disease. According to statistics, 25% of children get otitis every day. The number of children with hearing loss is also on the rise. This number is not decreasing. If the disease is not diagnosed in time, the patient is not hospitalized quickly enough, and the correct treatment is not started, then the disease threatens with dangerous consequences. These consequences can lead to hearing loss or even hearing loss, up to and including death. Therefore, it is important to consult a doctor as soon as possible and start treatment.

Forms of otitis media

Depending on the location of inflammation, otitis media can be external, middle or internal. The form is acute or chronic. How quickly hearing is restored depends on the form of otitis media. In the acute form, short-term hearing loss is possible. Hearing will recover in two weeks if treated properly. The chronic form is dangerous with permanent hearing loss.

Cause of otitis media

Otitis occurs for the following reasons:

• hypothermia;
• bacterial infections;
• ear canal injury
• damage to the eardrum;
• the occurrence of inflammation;
• swelling of the tissues of the ear;
• inflammation of the meninges;
• old age.

More often, otitis media is caused by pathogenic pathogenic bacteria: streptococcus, staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pneumococcus. Pathogenic fungi also cause infection: candida and aspergillus.

Symptoms and consequences of otitis media

Otitis is characterized by unpleasant symptoms, such as headache, ear pain, discharge of purulent contents from the ear, fever, stuffy ears. Ear pain can be so severe that a person cannot sleep well at night.

The consequences of such a serious disease are dangerous: partial and complete hearing loss; inflammation of the brain (meningitis); perforation of the eardrum; benign neoplasms; damage to the mastoid process; changes in the eardrum.

Hearing recovery after otitis media

When hearing is restored depends on the severity of the disease. If the auditory tube is damaged and atrophy of the membrane occurs, as well as damage to the neural tube, then hearing loss cannot be avoided.

Hearing can be restored if otitis media is acute with purulent contents; with atrophy of the auditory ossicles; if the patency of the auditory tube is not broken; with perforation of the eardrum; with an inflammatory disease with a tumor inside.

How to restore hearing after otitis media

Whether hearing will be restored after otitis media depends on the correct treatment, which consists in taking medications and performing physiotherapeutic procedures. Sometimes surgery.

Restoration of hearing after otitis in adults with the help of drugs

The table shows the remedies often prescribed for acute and chronic otitis media. However, drugs vary depending on the doctor's prescription.

Physiotherapy procedures

How to restore hearing after otitis media also depends on physiotherapy procedures, which, in combination with drug treatment, give a positive result.

The procedures include:

• ear ventilation. Purging the ear with a Pollitzer balloon. A special rubber bulb is inserted into the ear with a tip. The patient says a certain word. The doctor at this time blows the ear canal;
• warming up with a blue lamp;
• vibromassage of the tympanic membrane. They use devices that, under the influence of air, vibrate the membrane, creating vibration massage;
• hyperbaric oxygenation. It is characterized by the supply of oxygen to the human body. The patient is placed in a pressure chamber and the process of oxygen saturation of the body cells is started;  
• washing the ear canal with solutions of antiseptic substances.

Surgical intervention

In the event of adhesions in the ear canal, surgical intervention is resorted to. Also, if pus has accumulated in the ear, then the membrane is cut and the purulent contents are pumped out.

There are operations that are performed to restore hearing:

1.   tympanoplasty - an operation that restores the position of the auditory ossicles;
2.   myringoplasty is an operation that restores the eardrum;
3.   stapedoplasty - an operation that is done with otosclerosis of the ear, by installing a prosthesis;
4.   ossiculoplasty - an operation to install a prosthesis in the ear;
5.   insertion of electrodes into the inner ear. Used in case of sensorineural hearing loss.

How long hearing is restored after surgery depends on the quality of the operation.

With the ineffectiveness of surgical intervention with neurosensory hearing loss, the patient is prescribed a hearing aid.

The patient must certainly know how long hearing is restored after otitis media. At best, a month of treatment gives a good result.

How to restore hearing folk methods

There are ways to treat deafness with folk remedies. 100% may not help immediately. However, it is possible to improve the recovery process.

Traditional medicine recipes:

• buy propolis tincture at the pharmacy. Mix with vegetable oil. Make a swab and insert into the ear. The tool warms up the ear canal. Treatment is carried out for two weeks;
• squeeze a clove of garlic on the press. Add two drops of camphor oil. We soak the cotton wool with the solution that we received and insert it into the ear for the night;
• soak beetroot juice with a cotton swab. Insert into the ear at night;
• at night, 1 drop instill almond oil in each ear;
• take inside the infusion of the herb of fireweed;
• to improve hearing, you need to eat a quarter of a lemon with a peel a day.

Prevention of otitis media

What is important to know to prevent otitis media:

1.   clean ears only with cotton swabs;
2.   after bathing, blot the area of ​​​​the external auditory canal with cotton;
3.   avoid drafts;
4.   washing the auricle with antiseptic solutions. For example, Miramistin or infusions of medicinal herbs: chamomile, calendula;
5.   ear washing from sulfur;
6.   the use of vitamins;
7.   wear hats in winter.

You can not run otitis media in any case. This is dangerous with hearing loss or permanent hearing loss. If you notice signs of inflammation in time and resort to diagnosis and treatment, then hearing loss is avoided. Therefore, in the event of such an unpleasant disease, you must definitely consult a doctor for treatment without wasting time. After all, treatment is effective at an early stage. If a person constantly suffers from otitis, then it is necessary to observe preventive measures. Try not to start the disease before surgery. How much hearing is restored after otitis media depends on the mood of the person to start treatment on time.