What medication to use for ear infections

Ear inflammation is an infectious disease of the ear, including the external ear canal and the middle ear, etc. The treatment drugs mainly include systemic drugs such as cefuroxime and local drugs such as ofloxacin ear drops. 1. Systemic medication: timely application of adequate amount of antibiotics to control the infection, such as erythromycin, cefuroxime, cefradine, cefazoxime, etc., oral or static, pay attention to do not use ototoxic drugs and contact with allergic drugs. Earache and fever symptoms can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as acetaminophen to relieve symptoms. 2. Local medication: patients with acute suppurative otitis media can use 2% phenol glycerin drops before tympanic membrane perforation to reduce inflammation and relieve pain. After the perforation of the eardrum can be put into the oxfloxacin ear drops, lomefloxacin ear drops and other non-toxic ear drops. Ear inflammation also requires surgical treatment when necessary, such as secretory otitis media patients in the conservative treatment is ineffective, often take tympanic membrane puncture, tympanotomy, tympanotomy plus tube placement and other ways of treatment. Usually avoid foreign objects into the external auditory canal, to avoid damage to the external auditory canal, ear inflammation need to go to the hospital for examination, diagnosed by a physician to comply with the doctor’s prescription of reasonable medication and treatment, to avoid their own blind use of medication, so as not to delay the condition.