After returning from my studies, I encountered many patients with otitis media in the clinic and was very surprised when they were told that they needed surgery. Most patients think that they have been suffering from otitis media for several years, and usually they just have frequent inflammation and pus flow, so it does not affect them, so why do they need to go for surgery? In fact, such an idea is wrong. As a chronic disease, otitis media usually develops slowly. In the short term, there is no obvious manifestation, but when the disease develops to a certain extent, it can cause great and irreversible harm. The slow progression of otitis media lesions can invade the skull through very thin bone, causing serious consequences such as meningitis and brain abscesses, which can even be life-threatening. Therefore, early surgery can prevent serious intracranial complications from occurring. The toxins produced by the otitis media lesion seep into the inner ear, leading to untreatable sensorineural deafness; or the lesion directly erodes the inner ear, leading to the development of deafness. Therefore, early surgery may preserve hearing in the diseased ear. Cases of otitis media with a long course of disease that turns into cancer are often found in clinical practice. Therefore, early surgery can prevent the development of cancer. Patients with otitis media are unable to swim and thus water ingress in the ear invariably leads to inflammation of the pus. A successful surgery will isolate the outside germs and thus prevent ear infections. Therefore, early surgery will allow you to enjoy the pleasures of water play. For these reasons, we hope that patients with otitis media will opt for surgery early.