Brief overview Symptoms: Pressure- and pain-sensitive swelling and redness behind the ear, fever, declining hearing, fatigue, fluid discharge from the ear; in masked form, more nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal pain and headache Treatment: antibiotic administration, often via the bloodstream, usually surgery with removal of the inflamed area Causes and risk factors: Bacterial infection usually … Mastoiditis: Symptoms and Treatment
Mastoiditis is an inflammatory infectious disease of the mastoid process, which is the most common complication of otitis media acuta (acute middle ear infection) due to inadequate treatment. Mastoiditis is usually well treatable if therapy is started early. What is mastoiditis? Mastoiditis can cause severe ear pain. Mastoiditis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane … Mastoiditis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Surgical procedures The therapy of an inflammation of the air-filled (pneumatized) bone cells of the mastoid process (a bone located behind the ear), which can be imagined as a sponge or Swiss cheese, is always first treated surgically, i.e. by means of an operation. The goal is to remove the pus through drainage tubes. As … Mastoiditis therapy
Complications of surgical procedures As with any surgical procedure, mastoidectomy also involves risks and in rare cases can lead to complications. The facial nerve (nervus facialis) runs through the surgical site. A microscope is used during the operation to locate the facial nerve and to prevent accidental injury. Nevertheless, damage cannot be completely excluded. If … Complications of surgical procedures | Mastoiditis therapy
Prophylaxis An important preventive measure of the hearing loss consists in the treatment of causing basic illnesses. The medical adjustment of high blood pressure and a corresponding medical adjustment of diabetes mellitus, an inhibition of blood coagulation in patients with coagulation disorders as well as the adjustment of an elevated cholesterol level and the reduction … Prophylaxis | Hearing loss
Hearing loss is an acute and sudden partial loss of hearing with concomitant hearing loss in one, and in rare cases, both ears. The severity of the hearing loss ranges from hardly noticeable to complete deafness. In Germany, about 15,000 to 20,000 people a year are affected by sudden deafness. Both women and men are … Hearing loss
Therapy 50% of sudden deafness recedes within the first few days. If the severity of a symptomatic sudden deafness is low and it can be excluded, it is therefore often advisable to stay in bed and wait. Other measures include the highly concentrated systemic or intratympanal administration of glucocorticoids over a few days. In intratympanal … Therapy | Hearing loss
Infusion therapy In infusion therapy, drug substances are dissolved in a solution. This solution (infusion) is injected into the vein and reaches the affected part of the body (e.g. the inner ear in the case of acute hearing loss) via the blood. In the guidelines for the therapy of sudden deafness, German ENT physicians recommend … Infusion therapy | Hearing loss
Synonyms Vestibular apparatus, vestibularis organ, vestibular organ, vestibular balance ability, movement coordination, dizziness, vestibular organ failure Introduction The human organ of equilibrium is located in the inner ear, in the so-called labyrinth. Several structures, fluids and sensory fields are involved, which measure rotational and linear accelerations in order to maintain the body’s equilibrium and enable … The organ of equilibrium
Function of the organ of equilibrium The function of our equilibrium organ (vestibular organ) is to keep our body in balance in every position and situation so that we can orientate ourselves in space. This phenomenon is especially impressive when you are sitting on a very fast moving carousel. Although the body rotates against the … Function of the organ of equilibrium | The organ of equilibrium
How does dizziness develop through the organ of balance? Dizziness can be caused in different places. The vestibular organ takes the sense of balance and transmits it via a large nerve to the brain. The cause of dizziness can therefore be in the organ of balance or in the large vestibular nerve (e.g. neuritis vestibularis). … How does dizziness develop through the organ of balance? | The organ of equilibrium
Diseases of the vestibular organ Diseases of the vestibular apparatus (organ of equilibrium) are usually characterized by dizziness and vertigo. Examples of frequent forms of vestibular vertigo are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular neuritis and Menière’s disease. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (benign = benign, paroxysmal = seizure-like) is a clinical picture of the vestibular organ, … Diseases of the vestibular organ | The organ of equilibrium
