What is the tympanic membrane trauma?

What causes tympanic membrane trauma?

Can be divided into equipment injuries (such as the use of matchsticks, wool needles and other ear injury tympanic membrane, or slag, sparks, etc.) or barotrauma (such as palm ear, blast, cannon, firecrackers, high diving, etc.) Others have longitudinal fractures of the tibia and foreign bodies.

What are the manifestations of tympanic membrane trauma and how to diagnose it?

There is a little blood in the external auditory canal, such as combined with external auditory canal fracture, or a large amount of bleeding in the skull base fracture and cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea. The tympanic membrane perforation is mostly irregular, with bloody surface on the surface. Department, the knocking is mostly in the front lower part, the tympanic membrane color is normal, if there is a combined infection, there is severe congestion and pus. After the tympanic membrane is ruptured, it can be aroused earache, hearing loss, tinnitus, a small amount of bleeding and suffocation in the ear. In addition to the rupture of the tympanic membrane caused by the blast injury, the inner ear can be damaged due to strong movement of the tibia, and dizziness and nausea can occur. Or mixed hemorrhoids, the examination shows that the tympanic membrane is mostly fissure-like perforation, there is a small amount of blood on the edge of the perforation, blood or bloody sputum is sometimes seen in the external auditory canal. If there is watery fluid, it shows cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea caused by skull base fracture, deafness is conductive or Mixed.

What should I do for tympanic membrane trauma?

The tympanic membrane is mostly fissure-like perforation. There is a small amount of blood on the edge of the perforation. Blood or blood is sometimes seen in the external auditory canal. If there is watery fluid, it shows cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea. The deafness is transmitted or mixed.

How should tympanic membrane injury be treated?

Apply antibiotics, prevent infection, prevent external ear canal irrigation or drip, the external ear canal can be blocked with sterile cotton balls, avoid colds, do not force the nose to prevent infection from the nasopharynx, before the perforation is healed, no swimming or any liquid In the ear, most of the traumatic perforation can heal itself within 3~4 weeks, and the larger and long-lasting perforation can be repaired by tympanic membrane repair.

What diseases can be complicated by tympanic membrane trauma?

Will be combined with external ear canal fracture infection, can occur severe deafness.