Eustachian tube inflammation and ear stuffiness may be related to acute rhinosinusitis, acute nasopharyngitis and other diseases, according to the cause of the disease and the characteristics of the disease, choose the general treatment, drug treatment and surgical treatment.
1. Acute rhinosinusitis: when this disease strikes, there is often sticky pus flowing to the nasopharynx, which can involve the Eustachian tube and cause inflammation of the Eustachian tube, resulting in ear stuffiness. Need to actively treat acute sinusitis on the basis of nasal spray budesonide and other glucocorticoids, hydroxymetazoline and other nasal decongestants. Rinse the nasal cavity with saline to remove inflammatory secretions. Surgery can be considered for recurrent or long-lasting cases.
2. Acute nasopharyngitis: this disease is mostly caused by infection, allergy and stimulation of adverse physical and chemical factors, and when the inflammation spreads to the eustachian tube, it can lead to ear stuffiness. In addition to the above treatment, oral antihistamine such as loratadine, prednisone and other glucocorticosteroids and other anti-allergy treatment, systemic use of antibiotics such as amoxicillin, ribavirin and other antiviral anti-infective treatment.
When suffering from eustachian tube inflammation ear boring symptoms, need to actively seek medical treatment, systematic examination to clarify the diagnosis and cause of the disease, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.