Diseases of the ear, throat and nose (otolaryngology)

Subdural abscess: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Subdural abscess is an accumulation of pus under the dura mater of the brain. Subural abscess develops as a complication of chronic purulent otitis media, especially cholesteatom, much less often acute. It is localized in the middle or posterior cranial fossa.

Extradural abscess: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Extradural abscess is an accumulation of pus between the dura mater and the bones of the skull. Extradural abscess occurs as a result of the spread of the inflammatory process from the mastoid process and the tympanic cavity to the cranial cavity and is localized in the posterior or in the middle cranial fossa.

Otogenic intracranial complications and otogenic sepsis

Otogennye intracranial complications are complications resulting from the penetration of infection into the cavity of the skull with purulent inflammation of the middle and inner ear.

Mastoiditis

Mastoiditis (empyema of the mastoid process) is a destructive osteo-periostitis of the cellular structure of the mastoid process. Mastoiditis predominantly develops against the background of acute purulent otitis media, much less often - with exacerbation of chronic purulent otitis media.

Chronic suppurative otitis media

Chronic suppurative otitis media is a serious disease with a bacterial infection in the middle ear. As a rule, this is a consequence of untreated acute otitis media, especially in the first 5 years of a child's life, when the resulting post-inflammatory changes in the mucosa and middle ear structures contribute to the chronization of the process.

Acute otitis media

Acute otitis media is an acute inflammatory disease characterized by the involvement of the muzzle of the middle ear (auditory tube, drum cavity, cave and airway cells of the mastoid process) into the pathological process.

Exudative otitis media

The average otitis (secretory or nonnegative otitis media) is otitis, in which the mucous membranes of the middle ear cavities are affected. Exudative otitis media is characterized by the presence of exudate and hearing loss in the absence of pain syndrome, with a preserved eardrum.

Otomycosis: treatment

It is difficult to treat mycotic ear lesions. In this case, treatment is not always effective enough, despite the use of various antifungal drugs.

Otomycosis (fungal infection of the ear, fungal otitis)

Otomycosis (fungal infection of the ear, fungal otitis) is a fungal disease in which mold yeast-like fungi develop on the skin of the auricle, the walls of the ear canal, the eardrum, the tympanic cavity and the postoperative cavity of the middle ear.

Inflammatory diseases of the outer ear: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Otitis externa - inflammation of the external auditory canal due to changes in normal flora or trauma of the soft tissues of the auditory canal with subsequent infection and inflammation, as well as damage to the auricle

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