The presence of cockroaches in the ear can be determined based on medical history, clinical symptoms and otoscopic examination.
1. Self-examination: If there are more cockroaches in the working and living environments, the cockroaches may fly into or crawl into the ears without the body’s attention.
Cockroaches are large individuals, and when they enter the ear, they can cause clinical symptoms such as ear blockage, ants and hearing loss. In addition, cockroach crawling or biting can cause different degrees of damage to the mucous membrane of the ear canal, resulting in ear pain. When cockroaches touch the tympanic membrane, they can stimulate the tympanic membrane and cause tinnitus.
2、Hospital examination: It is recommended that patients go to the ear, nose and throat department, through the electric otoscope, to check whether the ear into the cockroach.
If the outer canal is narrower, especially the more curved patients, through the electric otoscope can not be a full range of observation, you can carry out ear fiber endoscopy, observation of the external auditory canal and tympanic membrane surface, through the lidocaine, dicaine ear drops anesthesia cockroach, the use of gun tweezers to take out.
In the case of patients with particularly narrow and curved external auditory canal, they can enter the operating room and under the microscope, anesthetize the cockroach to take it out.
Cockroaches in the ear need to consult the ENT department in time to clarify the cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.