Ear Disorders
Ear disorders refer to any abnormality of the external, middle, or inner ear. These can be caused by a variety of factors, including infections, trauma, genetic factors, and age-related changes. Common symptoms of ear disorders include hearing loss, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), dizziness, and earache. External ear disorders can be caused by infections, trauma, and genetic factors. Common infections include otitis externa (swimmer’s ear) and furunculosis (boil in the ear). Trauma can cause bruising, lacerations, and foreign bodies in the ear canal. Genetic factors can cause deformities of the ear, such as microtia (underdeveloped outer ear) or macrotia (overdeveloped outer ear). Middle ear disorders are usually caused by infections, such as otitis media (middle ear infection). Other causes include trauma and allergies. Middle ear disorders can lead to hearing loss, tinnitus, and earache. Acute external otits (swimmer’s ear)
- Pierced ear lobe infections
- Keratosis obturans
- Adenoma and ceruminoma
- Exostosis
- Ramsay hunt syndrome
- Otomycosis
- Patulous Eustachian tube
- Prechondritis pinna
- Erysipelas
- Collaural fistula
- Congenital swellings of Pinna
- Preauricular sinus
- Congenital malformations
- Ototoxicity