Treatment external otitis in Ein Bokek (Dead Sea)

Infectious-inflammatory process in the outer ear of a limited or diffuse type, characterized by damage to the external auditory canal. Limited external otitis is manifested by the formation of a boil, which is accompanied by severe itching and pain that radiates to the temple, neck and jaw. Due to intense pain at night, patients suffer from sleep disorders, and increases in volume furuncle covers the ear canal can become a cause of hearing loss. Limited otitis media is treated by performing an external ear toilet procedure and subsequent silver nitrate treatment. Antibacterial ointments, analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, UHF-therapy sessions are prescribed. Opening a furuncle requires treatment with antibiotics and antiseptics. The second form of the disease, diffuse external otitis, covers cartilage and bone tissue, inflammation affects both the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Symptomatology of diffuse external otitis media: feeling of fullness, itching, local temperature increase in the affected area, severe pain, the intensity of which increases during chewing. Also, there are problems with sleep, the walls swell, serous and purulent masses are exuded from the ear. It is treated with antibiotics, multivitamin and antihistamine preparations, antibacterial and hormonal ointments, drops.