Otitis media is generally difficult to cure on its own. Acute otitis media is cured in about 7 days with standardized treatment; chronic otitis media may take months or even years.
Otitis media is an inflammatory disease of all or part of the structures of the middle ear. Middle ear structures include the tympanic chamber, the eustachian tube, the sinuses, and the mastoid process. The middle ear is connected to the nasopharynx through the Eustachian tube. Otitis media is usually caused by bacterial or viral infection or abnormal function of the Eustachian tube. Acute suppurative otitis media without tympanic membrane perforation is treated with penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics for anti-infection, phenol glycerin drops for the ear, and nasal decongestant drops for the nose. When perforation of the eardrum occurs, in addition to the above treatment, 3% hydrogen peroxide wash the ear after antibiotic ear drops, such as ofloxacin ear drops. Generally about 7 days of treatment can be cured.
Chronic purulent otitis media, systemic use of penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics, or drug sensitivity test application of sensitive antibiotics; 3% hydrogen peroxide ear wash antibiotic ear drops, such as ofloxacin ear drops. Or perform tympanoplasty or tympanic membrane repair. This may take months or years.
Secretory otitis media, can be treated with antibiotic drugs, nasal decongestants under the guidance of a doctor, such as cefixime dispersible tablets, eucalyptus pinnatifida enteric soft capsule, etc. There is no certain recovery time, and some patients may need tympanic membrane puncture to extract fluids or tympanic membrane incision and placement of tubes.
Drugs must be applied under the guidance of a doctor.
Patients with otitis media are advised to seek timely hospital consultation and standardized treatment.