There is a small hole on the ear swollen main consideration is the preauricular fistula with infection, oral antibiotics anti-infection treatment or incision and drainage of pus treatment, the infection subsides after the feasibility of preauricular fistula excision.
The fistula in front of the ear is the first gill groove in the embryonic fusion incomplete traces, easy to get infected, red, swollen, painful symptoms. Infection can be treated with oral cefuroxime and other drugs to fight infection, and for patients with abscess formation, they can go to the hospital for incision and drainage of pus, and follow up with medication change and other treatments.
For patients with recurrent fistula infections, it is recommended to completely remove the fistula in front of the ear after the infection subsides, which can effectively prevent recurrence of infection.
During the course of the disease, the fistula should be kept clean and dry, which can promote the early subsidence of infection.