With otitis media, in no case should you clean your ears with cotton swabs, allow water to enter the ear canal and use alcoholic tinctures. About it in an interview Pravda.Ru Irina Lashkina, head of the Center for the Treatment of ENT Diseases and Head and Neck Pathologies, an otolaryngologist at the Federal Science and Practice Center of the Russian Federal Medical and Biological Agency, warned. In addition, you should not choose drugs according to him on your own.
“Using the drops on their own is also not recommended – earache can be caused by a bacterial or fungal infection and each requires different treatment approaches. It is strictly forbidden to apply a heating pad to a sore ear – this can only increase inflammation and harm, especially if the otitis media turned out to be purulent, ”the doctor continued.
To ease the pain, he advised me to take an anti-inflammatory pain reliever, apply a dry, warm washcloth to my ear for a few hours, and then see a doctor. Lashkina noted that the specialist will select the necessary drug depending on the nature of the disease and the presence of complications.
Earlier, SM-Clinic otolaryngologist Anton Rizaev, in an interview “socialbites.ca” Listed the causes of otitis media.