ENT PROBLEMS ARE COMMON NOW A DAYS. WE MUSTTAKE CARE OF OUR HEALTH TO ENSURE A HAPY AND WORTHY LIFE.

EARS:- MOST COMMON EAR PROBLEMS IS PAIN IN EARS. 

REASON OF EAR PAIN IN-- CHILDREN --1 . WAX. 2. FOREIGN BODY.  3. FUNGUS.  4. ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA. 

TREATMENT- WAX SHOULD BE REMOVED BY A DOCTOR ONLY. IF IT IS HARD THEN DROPS MUST BE INSTILLED BEFORE REMOVING IT.

FOREIGN BODY- SHOULD BE REMOVED BY THE ENT EXPERT DOCTOR.

FUNGUS- ANTIFUNGUS DROPS AND A COURSE OF ANTI-BIOTICS SHOULDBE TAKEN 

A..O.M.-  PROPERDOSAGE OF ANTI-BIOTICS, STEROIDS, AND ANTI-COLD SHOULD BE TAKEN UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF EXPERT DOCTOR

IN ADULTS, EAR PAIN IS COMMONLY DUE TO FUNGUS, COMMON COLD OR REFERRED PAIN OF TONSILLITIS.

PUS DISCHARGE FROM EARS SHOULD BE ATTENDED WITH PROPER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ACCORDINGLY.

DECREASE IN HEARING IS DUE TO PEFORATIONIN THE EAR DRUM, WAX, INFECTION IN THE MIDDDLE EAR.

AUDIOMETRY TEST SHOULD BE DONE IN CASE OF HEARING LOSS AS IT CAN BE TREATED ACCORDING TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF QUALITY AND QUANTITY ANALYSIS OF HEARING LOSS.

RECURRENT EAR DISCHARGE SHOULD BE FIRST MEDICALLY TREATED AND IF PERSISTENT DISCHARGE IS PRESENT, THEN XRAY-MASTOID SHOULD BE DONE TO RULE OUT SCLEOTIC DISEASE OF THE MASTOID BONE.

IF THERE IS INVOLVEMENT OF MASTOID BONE , THEN SURGICAL MEASURE SHOULD BE TAKEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

EAR SURGERY---  TWO TYPES OF SURGERY ARE COMMONLY DONE IN EAR PROBLEMS.

1.- TYMPANOPLASTY

2. MASTOIDECTOMY

IN TYMPANOPLASTY- BONE INVOLVEMENT IS NOT THERE SO ONLY MIDDLE EAR SURGERY TO BE DONE.  PERFORATION IN THE EAR DRUM HAS TO BE REPAIRED. NO BONE DRILLING IS DONE IN THIS SURGERY. THE EAR DRUM IS TAKEN FROM BACK SIDE OF THE EAR GROOVE KNOWN AS TEMPORALIS FASCIA. IT MATCHES IN QUALITY OF OUR EAR DRUM SO IS USED AS REPLACEMENT OF IT. SECONDLY, IT DOES NOT PRODUCE ANY EXPOSED SCAR. THERE ARE MANY OTHER SITES IN OUR BODY FROM WHICH WE CAN HAVE OTHER GRAFTING MEDIA. NOW A DAYS, ENDOSCOPIC TYMPANOPLASTY IS ALSO DONE WITH NO STITCH, NO SCAR AND PATIENT CAN BE DISCHARGED SAME DAY.

MASTOIDECTOMY-IF BONE INVOLVEMENT IS THERE THEN MASTOIDECTOMY HAS TO BE DONE. IT IS THE MAJOR SURGERY BECAUSE ALL VITAL STRUCTURES ARE SURROUNDED BY THE TEMPORAL BONE. AN EXPERIENCED SURGEON IS NEEDED TO DO THIS SURGERY. MASTOID BONE HAS TO BE DRILLED AND DISEASE TO BE REMOVED FROM ALL AREAS OF MIDDLE EAR WITHOUT DAMAGING THE VITAL STRUCTURES OF SURROUNDING THE MIDDLE EAR. PROPER CARE HAS TO BE TAKEN AFTER SURGERY TO GET THE BEST RESULT.

NOWADAYS BECAUSE OF THE WORLD CLASS MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS AND EXPERT DOCTORS, RSULTS OF EAR SURGERY ARE BEST. PATIENTS GET GOOD RESULTS IN HEARING AND ALSO GET DRY AND SAFE EARS