Tympanitis is categorized into acute tympanitis, herpetic tympanitis and chronic granulomatous tympanitis. Only herpetic tympanitis can be cured on its own when the symptoms are mild, while the other types require medication, which may further aggravate the inflammation or even cause perforation of the eardrum. 1. Acute tympanitis: Most of them occur after acute otitis externa and acute otitis media. Usually, there is no need to treat this disease, but it is necessary to treat the primary diseases such as acute otitis externa and acute otitis media. 2. Herpetic tympanitis: often secondary to viral upper respiratory tract infections, when the symptoms are mild, usually only need to break the blisters can be self-cured, if the blisters are broken, there is a secretion in the ear, then the use of of ofloxacin ear drops. 3. Chronic granulomatous tympanitis: this disease usually can not be self-cured, need to use silver nitrate or trichloroacetic acid to cauterize the surface of the granulation, granulation hyperplasia more need to scrape out the granulation under anesthesia after cauterization. Patients are advised to go to the hospital and be treated with medication under doctor’s supervision without delay to avoid permanent hearing damage.