OTORRHEA.pptx

OTORRHEA (EAR DISCHARGE)

1. OTORRHEA

2. EAR DISCHARGE IT IS SYMPTOM CAUSES- OTITIS EXTERNA GRANULAR MYRINGITIS AOM COM TUBERCULOUS OTITIS MEDIA POST MASTOIDECTOMY CAVITY EXTERNAL OR MIDDLE EAR NEOPLASMS FB IN EAC CSF OTORHEA

3. A PROPERLY ELICITED HISTORY COULD POINT TOWARDS CAUSE OF DISCHARGE HISTORY: 1.TYPE OF DISCHARGE-MUCOID/MUCOPURULENT/PURULENT/BLOOD STAINED/WAX 2.MODE OF ONSET- 3.DURATION 4.ASSOCIATED FACTORS-PAIN/URTI/HOH/TINNITUS/VERTIGO/FACIAL PALSY/ RETRO ORBITAL PAIN/ DIPLOPIA 5. HISTORY OF HEAD INJURY/ TRAUMA/MASTOID SX

4. INVESTIGATIONS- 1)MICROSCOPY 2)CULTURE ANS SENSITIVITY 3)AUDIOMETRY 4)RADIOLOGY- HRCT------TRAUMA/ MALIGNANT OTITIS EXTERNA CECT/MRI-----NEOPLASMS/ COMPLICATIONS OF COM 5)BIOPSY- LESION IN EAC TREATMENT- DEPENDING ON CAUSE