What is external otitis?
How does it present?
How is it treated?
Bacterial or fungal infection of the external auditory canal
Pain, purulent drainage
Topical antibiotics
Acute otitis media
Patho
Manifestations
treatment
Bacterial infection of the tympanum, ossicles, and space in the middle ear
Ear pain, fever, hearing loss, referred tooth pain, sinus pain, TMJ pain
Antibiotics, tympanostomy tubes
Otitis media with effusion
Patho
Manifestations
Treatment?
Inflammation of the ear with build-up of fluid in the middle ear
Decreased hearing, ears feeling “plugged”
Usually resolves without treatment
Chronic Otitis Media
Patho
Complications
Repeated attacks of otitis media
-ear pain, referred pain, hearing loss, fever, etc
Mastoiditis, ear drum perforation, cohleatoma
Meniere’s Disease
-Patho
-cause?
-treatment
Episodic vertigo and tinnitus
-unknown cause
Benzos, anticholinergics, antihistamines, antiemetics
Surgical intervention
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
-patho
-treatment
Vertigo with certain head movements
Epley maneuver
Antihistamines
Acoustic Neuroma
-patho
-manifestations
-treatment
Benign tumor of vestibulocochlear nerve (CN8)
Progressive hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitis
Surgical treatment
Conductive Hearing loss
conditions of the outer and middle ear impair transmission of sound through the inner ear
Sensorineural hearing loss
From impaired function of the inner ear or CN VIII
