Treatment for Ear diseases in Bangalore
Ear is one of the five sense organs located on the face. It is an organ of hearing. It is divided into 3 parts. Outer ear is made of the Pinna, the external auditory canal and the Tympanic membrane (ear drum). Middle ear is an air filled space which lodges the ossicles (smallest bones in the body) and connects to the mastoid posteriorly and the Eustachian tube anteriorly. Inner ear has the Cochlea (which deals with hearing) and the Vestibular apparatus (which deals with body balance).
Diseases affecting the ear can be divided accordingly. The various diseases commonly seen affecting the various parts of the ear
External ear diseases
- Preauricular sinus
- Preauricular cyst/skin tags
- Seroma of pinna
- Keloid and hypertrophic scars
- Hematoma auris
- Perichondritis
- Impacted ear stud
- Trauma – laceration/avulsion
- Impacted wax
- Keratosis obturans
- Foreign body ear
- Otitis externa – localized, diffuse, malignant
- Otomycosis
- Herpes zoster oticus
- Osteoma and exostosis
- Myringitis
- Traumatic perforation of tympanic membrane
Middle ear diseases
- Acute otitis media (AOM)
- Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM)
- Serous otitis media (SOM)
- Tympanosclerosis
- Eustachian tube dysfunction
- Mastoid abscess
- Acute mastoiditis
- Otosclerosis
- Barotrauma
Inner ear diseases
- Noise induced hearing loss/acoustic trauma
- Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
- Bell’s palsy
- Labyrinthitis
- Meniere’s disease
- BPPV